Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 206. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIIII COS III P P, Genius standing to left, sacrificing out of patera over altar and holding corn ears. RIC IV 201;BMCRE 493; RSC 475. 3.59g, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine; hints of iridescence with an attractive old cabinet tone.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008.