Lot description:
Septimius Severus, with Caracalla and Geta as Caesar, AD 193-211. AV aureus (7,23 g; 20 mm). Rome mint, struck AD 201. Laureate head right / Confronted busts of Caracalla on the left, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Geta on the right, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed. Small flan flaw at seven o`clock and very minor strenghtening of detail in hair of Caracalla and Geta. Otherwise, a clear and attractive specimen of this intriguing dynastic issue., RIC IV, 174, Calicó 2602, BMCRE 254, Grade: 01, From the Marc Melcher Collection; Ex Busso Peus, auction 333, 6-11.5.1992, lot 824, Ex Busso Peus, auction 337, 3-9.11.1993, lot 435; Ex SBV, auction 35, 13-15.9.1994, lot 156; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton VI, 14.1.2003, lot 926; Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker, auction 304, 19.3.2018, lot 1233
Starting price: 175000 NOK |  |