Extremely Rare and Superb Severus Argenteus

CNG 91, Lot: 960. Estimate $15000. Sold for $12500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus II. As Caesar, AD 305-306. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.17 g, 12h). Serdica mint, 2nd officina. 2nd emission. SEVERV S NOB C, laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, three-turreted camp gate; no doors; •SM•SDB•. RIC VI -; Gautier 24 var. (officina); RSC -; Gorny & Mosch 195 (7 March 2011), lot 485 (same rev. die). Superb EF, fully lustrous. Extremely rare.