Auction 88 Part I
The Roman Empire
Septimius Severus, 193 – 211
Aureus, Laodicea ad Mare 201, AV 7.12 g. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX TR P VIIII Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. COS – I – I – P – P Victory advancing r. holding palm branch and wreath. C –. BMC – cf. 655 note (different obverse legend). RIC –, cf. 503b =. Calicó –, cf. 2443.
An apparently unrecorded variety of a very rare type. An interesting and unusual
portrait struck in high relief, extremely fine