Septimius Severus, 193-211. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 4.04 g, 12 h), Emesa (?), 196. IMP CAE L S[E]P S[E]V PERT AV C[O]S II Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. IMP V TRIB POT IIII COS II Captive seated right, propping head on left hand; in exergue, curved sword. Bickford-Smith p. 68 and pl. II, 28 (same dies). BMC 411 and pl. 17, 17 (same dies). Cohen -. RIC 436. RSC 215d. Of the highest rarity, and struck on an unusually thick and heavy flan. Light scratches, otherwise, nearly very fine.
This type is assigned one degree of rarity in RIC however this cataloguer was only able to locate two other specimens, one held by The British Museum and the other in the collection of Bickford-Smith. It seems that no other examples of this type have appeared at auction in at least 25 years.