| Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.)
- Silver Denarius - 18.12mm, 2.72g |
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| Obverse
- L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II Severus, his laureate head right |
Reverse
- IOVI VICT Jupiter seated left, holding Victory in right hand, sceptre in left. |
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The image above is my own scan using an A4 flatbet scanner. |
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| Minted in Laodicaea ad Mare (Latakia, Syria) in 196
A.D. Reference: Mattingly, H & Sydenham, E.A., "Roman Imperial Coinage", Volume 4, Part 1 (RIC), p129?, nr. 454. Mattingly, Carson & Hill, "Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum", Volume 5 (BMCRE), p224, nr. 375?. Sear, D.R., "Roman Coins and their Values" (RCV Millennium Edition), Volume 2, p469, nr. 6393?. Sear, D.R., "Roman Coins and their Values" (RCV 4th Revised Edition), p192, nr. 1798?. Cohen, H, "Descriptions Historique des Monnaies frappees sous l'Empire Romain" (C), Volume 4, p82, nr. 791?. Seaby, H.A. & Sear, D.R., "Roman Silver Coins" (RSC), Volume 3, p49, nr. 791?. Hill, P.V., "The Coinage of Septimius Severus and his family of the Mint of Rome" (CSS), p24, nr. 844?-none. Suarez, R., "Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins II" (ERIC II), p322, nr. 859? (B03,O81,R382,T183,M4) Suarez, R., "Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins II" (ERIC II-digital), p272, nr. 859? (B03,O81,R382,T183,M4) Van Meter, D., "Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins" (VM), p188, nr. 179?. Kampmann, U., "Die Münzen der Römischen Kaiserzeit", 2nd. revised edition (Kampmann), p218, nr. 49.198?. Quality: Very Fine+ Rarity: C (Common) Found by a metal detectorist in or near the town of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, the Netherlands. Official number in the NUMIS database: 1158037 PAN (Portable Antiquities of the Netherlands) number: 28787 |
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