ASplendid Quality Aureus of Septimius Severus
620
Septimius Severus (AD 193-211), Gold Aureus, 6.95g. Mint of Rome, AD 208.
SEVERVS PIVS AVG
, laureate
head facing right. Rev.
VOTA SVSCEPT-A XX
, emperor, veiled, standing right, sacrificing out of patera over
tripod, Caracalla to right holding staff(?), tripod and flute player between them (RIC 309; BMC 376;
Calicó 2584). Lightly toned, superb extremely fine.
$ 30,000
621
Septimius Severus (AD 193-211), Silver Tetradrachm, 14.78g, 12h. Mint of Laodiceia and Mare, Seleucis
& Pieria, struck AD 209-211. Bust facing right, laureate and draped. Rev.
ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ YΠΑΤΟΣ ΤΟ Γ
,
eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, holding a wreath in its beak, a star between legs (Prieur 1163;
McAlee, Severan Group 4, 30). A few deposits, lightly toned, nearly extremely fine.
$ 150
ex Gordon Parry Collection
ex Numismatik Lanz, Auction 66, 22 November 1993, lot 637
622
Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus), Silver Denarius, 3.38g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 203.
IVLIA
AVGVSTA
, bust facing right, draped. Rev.
PIETAS PVBLICA
, Pietas standing left, raising both hands, a lighted
altar on left (RIC 574; C 156; RCV 6601). Lightly toned, about extremely fine.
$ 80
