209, Lot: 379. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 22.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 196. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Emperor on horseback right, raising hand, preceded by soldier holding spear. RIC IV 719. Fine, rough green patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.