Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 208. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / CON COR DIA, MILIT in exergue, Concordia, draped, standing left, extending right hand to grasp nearest signum on left, and holding scepter in left; to left and right, aquila between two signa, each topped with hand (manus). RIC IV 256; Calicó 2438; BMCRE 313; Biaggi 1065; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Toned, underlying luster. EF. Well struck on a full flan. Rare.
Ex collection of a Retired Banker (Numismatica Ars Classica 111, 24 September 2018), lot 189; Gorny & Mosch 219 (10 March 2014), lot 437 (hammer €30,000).