Severan Dynastic Aureus

165, Lot: 267. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.21 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 202. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right / Facing draped bust of Julia Domna; Caracalla on left facing right, laureate, draped and cuirassed; Geta on right facing left, bare headed, draped and cuirassed. RIC IV 181c. Near VF, holed and plugged twice.

From the Marc Melcher Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 61, 25 September 2002), lot 1864.