Watch List notes:

Septimius Severus. Sestertius; Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 197 AD, Sestertius, 20.24g. BM-602, C-351 (15 Fr.), RIC-721. Obv: [L SE]PT SEV PERT - AVG [IMP VIII] Head laureate r. Rx: MVNI[FICENTIA AVG] around, S C in exergue, Elephant walking r. Commemorates the games that Septimius gave in mid 197 prior to his departure on his second Parthian expedition, according to the Historia Augusta. Though fairly common on denarii, this reverse type is rare on sestertii: only 22 specimens, nine with IMP VIII, nine with IMP VIIII, and four with IMP X, coming from a total of five reverse dies, were included in C. Clay's unpublished 1972 die study of the early Severan bronze coinage. From the Curtis Clay Collection; ex CNG E329, 25 June 2014, lot 480 ("Fairfield Collection").. F