★ From the collections of G. Mazzini and Prince Waldeck, Münzhandlung Basel 3, 1935, 651 ★

Septimius Severus, 193-211. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.29 g, 12 h), Rome, 194. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. P•M•TR P II COS II P P Victory advancing right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. BMC p. 32, note *. Calicó 2492 ( same dies ). Cohen 382. Mazzini pl. XI, 382 ( this coin ). RIC 36 corr. (reverse legend). Extremely rare. A lovely piece with an attractive early portrait. Good very fine.

From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, privately acquired from Bank Leu on 18 April 1963 (with a photocopy of the original invoice enclosed), from the collection of Ing. G. Mazzini (1883-1961), Santamaria, 6 June 1956, 70 ('Collezione di un distinto raccoglitore milanese'), ex Baranowsky, 25 February 1931, 2397, and from the collection of Prince Waldeck, Münzhandlung Basel 3, 4-5 March 1935, 651.