THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Septimius Severus, 193 – 211
Aureus 201, AV 7.24 g. SEVERVS PIVS AVG – P M TR P VIIII Laureate head of Septimius Severus r. Rev. AETERNIT IMPERI Confronted busts of laureate, draped and cuirassed Caracalla on l., and Geta, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed on r. C 4 var. (omits P M TR). BMC 254. RIC 174. Calicó 2602 (these dies).
Very rare. A pleasant specimen of this desirable and important issue with three
finely engraved portraits, two minor marks in field (possibly traces of a
tong used for holding the coin), otherwise extremely fine