Septimius Severus, 193 – 211. Aureus 196-197, AV 7.40 g. L SEPT SEV PERT – AVG IMP VIII Laureate head r. Rev. P M TR P – IIII – COS II – P P Victory advancing l., holding wreath in in r. hand and trophy in l. C 422 (misdescribed). BMC 145, pl. 9, 5 (these dies). RIC 86b. Calicó 2498 (this obverse die). Very rare and in exceptional condition. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc Provenance Sold by Ars Classica, auction XVI, Lucerne, 3 July 1933, lot 1940, to Baldwin. Sold by Adolph Hess, Lucerne, 7 March 1935, lot 75, to Hans Nussbaum (1902-1939). August Voirol (1884-1967) Collection, sold by Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, auction 38, 7 December 1968, lot 481, to Spink & Son. Sold by Leu Numismatik, Zürich, auction 91, 10-11 May 2004, lot 592.