180, Lot: 265. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Septimius Severus. Died AD 211. AV Aureus (22mm, 7.91 g). Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, AD 211. Bare head right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. RIC IV 191a (Caracalla); Calicó 2440; BMCRE 19 (Caracalla). Near Fine, pierced twice for stringing, a third hole plugged to adjust the weight to full weight, edge hammered, banker’s mark on obverse. Rare.