SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (2.97 gm). Struck 208 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P X-VI COS III P P, Jupiter standing facing, head turned right, holding thunderbolt in right hand, sceptre in left, cloak wrapped around waist. RIC IV 216 var.; BMCRE 560; RSC 502. Lightly toned, good VF, hairline flan crack. ($45) From bpmurphy.com, November, 2002, by permission of Barry Murphy.