Watch List notes:

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 194. L SEPT SEV PE RT AVG IMP III, laureate head right / P M TR P II C O S II P P, Septimius standing right, draped and cuirassed, holding inverted spear with his left hand, receiving globe with his right hand from Jupiter, standing left, holding scepter. RIC IV 35 corr. (rev. legend ends P P – same dies as illustration); Calicó 2493 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 67 (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 1084 (same dies). A few light marks. Good VF. Rare type.


From the Weise Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (21 July 2004), lot 24.