Lot 2440

Sale 51 · Australian & World Coins, Military Medals & Banknotes

Septimius Severus, (A.D.193-211), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued 193, (20.10 grams), obv. IMP CAES L SEPT SEV PERT AVG, head laureate to right, rev. around [FIDE]I LEG TR P COS, S C across field, Fides standing to left, holding Victory and standard, (S.1804, RIC 651, C.147, BMC 469). Attractive portrait, dark patina, nearly very fine and rare.