Watch List notes:

The Roman Empire

Septimius Severus, 193 – 211. Aureus, Eastern mint (?) 202-210, AV 7.22 g. SEVERVS – PIVS AVG Laureate head r. Rev. PACATOR – ORBIS Draped bust of Sol r. C 355. BMC 353 (Roma). RIC 282 (Roma). Calicó 2487a (this obverse die).
Very rare. Two unusual Eastern portraits and a lovely reddish tone,
virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex NAC sale 78, 2014, 1031. From the collection of a retired banker.