Watch List notes:

Septimius Severus, 193-211. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 29 mm, 19.51 g, 5 h), Rome, 194. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. VIRT AVG TR P II COS II P P / S C Virtus standing left, holding spear in his left hand and Victory in his right. BMC 511. Cohen 756. Hill 73. RIC 673. Rare; fine light green patina. Some cleaning marks, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired in the early 1950s from the estate of the late Dr. L. Naegeli of Zürich (died in 1951).

This coin bears one of the most attractive of all the early portraits of Septimius Severus, produced shortly after he became emperor.