173, Lot: 425. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 24.72 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 195. Laureate head right / Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder. RIC IV 688. VF, mottled green patina.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Italo Vecchi 16 (9 October 1999), lot 499.