★ Calicó Plate Coin ★

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.10 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 208. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head left / P M TR P XVI COS III P P, Victory seated right, holding palm frond in right hand and holding shield with left hand on left knee; pair of shields on ground to left, trophy to right. RIC IV 224b; Calicó 2515 ( this coin illustrated ); BMCRE p. 269, ‡; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Some scattered field and edge marks. Much luster remaining. Near EF. Very rare.

From the Weise Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 11 (23 November 2004), lot 356; Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 945.