Septimius Severus – The Founder of Peace

447, Lot: 478. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 200-201. Laureate head right / FVNDATO R PACIS, Septimius Severus, veiled, togate, standing left, holding branch and volumen. RIC IV 160; RSC 203. Toned. Good VF.

The message on the reverse of this coin is that Septimius Severus is the “founder of peace.”