Fine Style Portrait

254, Lot: 295. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.52 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 194. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Africa standing right, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding grain ears; at feet to right, lion standing right. RIC IV 668d. VF, brown patina. Good portrait.