The Roman Empire
Septimius Severus, 193 – 211
Sestertius 195, Æ 24.25 g. L SEPT SEV PERT – AVG IMP VII Laureate bust r., with drapery on l. shoulder. Rev. DIVI M PII F P M TR P III COS II P P S – C Felicitas standing l., r. foot on prow, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. C 124 var. (no drapery). BMC 572. RIC 701.
Struck on a broad flan and with a brown-green patina, an almost
invisible scratch on obverse, otherwise good very fine Ex Brueder Egger XLIII, 1913, Herzfelder, 1354; Glendining’s 16-21 November 1950, Platt-Hall II, 1683; Lanz 100, 2000, Benz, 39 and Gorny & Mosch 215, 2013, 1072 sales.
A nice early portrait type of Septimius Severus. AMP.