SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (2.55 gm). Laodicea mint. Struck 196 AD. L SEPT SEV PE-RT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head right / BON-A SP[ES], Spes standing left, holding flower in right hand, raising hem of skirt with left. RIC IV 472; BMCRE pg. 111; RSC 59. Nice VF. ($40) From bpmurphy.com, November, 2002, by permission of Barry Murphy.