Well Struck Alexandria Mint Denarius

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 665. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (3.42 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck AD 193. IMP CAE L SE-P SEV PERT AVG, laureate head right / LEG III IT AVI, TR P COS in exergue, aquila between two signa. RIC IV -; Bickford-Smith 3; RSC 262 (illustrated but misdescribed); BMCRE -; CNG 61, 1908. Good VF. Extremely rare. Exceptional quality for Alexandria mint.