Watch List notes:

Septimius Severus, 193-211. As (Copper, 23 mm, 11.90 g, 6 h), Rome, 194. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. DIS AVSPICIB TR P II COS II P P / S C On the left, Hercules standing front, head to left, holding club in his right hand and lion's skin in his left; on the right, Bacchus standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; at his feet, panther to left. BMC 501. Cohen 117. RIC 666. Rare and with an attractive brown-green patina. Very fine.


Ex Kress 116, 28 October 1960, 959.