Watch List notes:

Septimius Severus. Denarius; Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 197 AD, Denarius, 3.61g. BM-168, C-348 (3 Fr.), RIC-82. Obv: [L SEPT SEV P]ERT - AVG IMP VIII Head laureate r. Rx: M[V]NIFICENTIA AVG Elephant walking r. Ex Berk 113, 14 March 2000, lot 359. Commemorates the games also mentioned in the Historia Augusta that were given by Severus in mid 197 prior to his departure on his second Parthian expedition. Scarce with IMP VIII on obverse: about 20 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard.. gVF