Septimius Severus Overdate. Sestertius

Septimius Severus Overdate; 193-211 AD, Rome, 197 AD, Sestertius, 23.95g. Cf. BMC-p. 152. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT - AVG IMP VIII Head laureate r. Rx: P M TR P - V - C - OS II P P Pax seated l. holding branch and transverse scepter. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Lucernae, eBay, 24 March 2010. The Pax seated reverse die of this coin was originally dated TR P IIII, as shown by the preceding lot, but later that date was altered to TR P V on the same die, so that it could continue to be used after 1 Jan. 197.. gVF