SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.51 gm). Laodicea mint. Struck 201 AD. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX P M TR P VIIII, laureate head right / MARTI VI-CTORI, Mars standing right, holding shield set on captive in right hand, reversed spear in left. RIC IV 523a; BMCRE pg. 298, *; RSC 319e. Good VF. Scarce. ($75) SOLD Ex Kelly Collection (Spink Auction 123, 18 November 1997), lot 1157. From bpmurphy.com, November, 2002, by permission of Barry Murphy.