Septimius Severus, 193-211. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33 mm, 22.43 g, 5 h), Rome, 194-195. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III Laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, with some drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. AFRICA / S C Africa, wearing elephant's skin headdress, standing right, holding corn-ears; at her feet to right, lion walking right. BMC 508. Cohen 28. RIC 668. With a powerful, early, portrait and an attractive brown patina. Good very fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Bank Leu in Zürich, and from that of M. Collignon, Naville II, 12 June 1922, 1097.