Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1508. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.43 g, 1h). Struck 195 AD. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ADVENTVI AVG FELICI-SSIM-O, S C in exergue, Septimius on horseback right, raising right hand, holding rein in left; to right, soldier advancing right, holding rein in right hand, ensign in left. RIC IV 719b; Banti 4; BMCRE 596 note; Cohen 8. Near EF, green patina, minor area of roughness on reverse, small edge split. Choice broad flan. ($3000)