Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1872. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.05 gm). Struck 209 AD. Laureate head right / Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 278a; BMCRE 348 var. (bust left); Cohen 297. VF, light scratches in fields, slight wave in flan. Rare. ($2000)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.