Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 193-194. IMP • CAE • L • SEP SEV • PERT AVG, laureate head right / VIRT AVG TR P COS, Virtus, helmeted and draped, standing left, holding Victory on right hand and vertical, reversed spear in left. RIC IV 24; Calicó 2570 var. (breaks in legends); BMCRE 32 var. (same); Biaggi 1114 var. (break in obv. legend); Jameson –; Mazzini 751*; NAC 114, lot 747 (same dies). Small nick on obverse at edge. Near EF. Lustrous.

From the Weise Collection. Ex La Galerie de Numismatique IV (28 November 2004), lot 637.