Description: Septimius Severus (193 - 211 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint 193 AD. IMP CAES L SEPT SEV PERT AVG; laureate head right / FIDEI LEG TR P COS S-C; Fides standing left holding Victory and standard.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 22,76 g

Grade: aVF/F

Attribution: RIC 651

Commentary: glossy light grass green patina, good portrait

History: During his campaign in Asia Minor Septimius Severus built marvelous marble tomb for Hannibal, who died in Bythynia in exile some 400 years earlier and whom he considered his fellow Libyan countryman.

Article Number: 060-05-05-42384