Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.10 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 196-197. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate bust right, slight drapery / P • M • TR P IIII C OS II • P • P, Victory advancing left, holding wreath with her extended right hand, cradling palm frond in her left arm. RIC IV 86 var. (laureate head without drapery); Calicó 2495 = Biaggi 1087 ( same obverse die ); BMCRE 146 note. Lustrous, a few light scratches. Near EF.

From the Provence Collection.