Beschreibung
Material: Bronze
Gewicht: 25,57 g
Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 200 AD, Sestertius, 25.57g. BMC-p. 321. Obv: SEVERVS AVGPART MAX Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r., seen from front. Rx: RESTITVTOR VRBIS on l. and r., SC across field, Septimius in military dress standing l., sacrificing with right hand from patera over tripod altar at his feet, and holding reversed spear in left hand. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Rauch 96, 10 Dec. 2014, lot 414. For about twelve years, from early in 198 AD until late in 209, Septimius Severus, for an unknown reason, struck sestertii in virtually every year, but only in very low volume. This and the next coin are the first rare middle-period sestertii of Septimius in the present catalogue; only five or six specimens of this sestertius are known, all from the same obverse die and from two reverse dies.The obverse of this coin is that of a medallion, rather than that of a sestertius. But, as this coin has SC on the reverse, it cannot be called a medallion. Extremely rare and highly desirable. aVF
