Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2 Lot: 396

ROMAN EMPIRE: Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV aureus 
(7.15 gm).

Rome, AD 202. SEVER P AVG P M TR P X 
COS III, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Septimius 
right / FELICITAS SAECVLI, facing bust of Julia Domna, 
draped, between profile busts of Caracalla, laureate, 
draped, and cuirassed, on left facing right, and Geta, 
draped, cuirassed, and bare-headed, on right facing 
left. Calicó 2592a (same reverse die). Reverse bust 
variant of BMCRE 380, Cohen 5 (280 Fr.), and RIC 181c 
(R3). Nearly mint state 

The busts of Caracalla and Geta are draped and cuirassed 
on our coin, not draped only as on BMCRE 380 and Cohen 
5. 
Estimated Value: $ 15,000 

Sold for $14,000 USD [ approx 10640 EUR, 7420 GBP ] 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 
Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).