Watch List notes:

Septimius Severus, with Caracalla. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.24 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 202-210. IMPP • INVICTI • P II • AVGG, jugate busts of Septimius Severus and Caracalla, both laureate and draped right / VICTORIA PARTHICA MAXIMA, Victory advancing left, holding wreath with her extended right hand, cradling palm frond in her left arm. RIC IV 311 (Septimius) var. (obv. busts also cuirassed); Calicó 2597c (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 266 var. (same); Biaggi 1127 var. (same). Faint hairlines. EF. Well centered. Rare.


From the Provence Collection. Ex Marc Melcher Collection (Triton VI, 14 January 2003), lot 931.