Septimius Severus PM TRP VIII denarius

[Lerian]

I would like to share an interesting purchase.

SEVERVS  PIVS  AVG
Laureate head right.

PM   TRP   VIII   COS   II   PP
Septimius, in military dress, standing half-left, sacrificing out
of patera over lighted tripod-altar and holding reversed spear.

Rome AD 200    18 mm    3.03 g


Not listed in RSC and only listed in RIC (151) and  BMC (178) as aurei.

The only denarius listed for certain as having this reverse legend of TRP VIII, is the  Victory flying left type. 

This coin seems to be a dated version of the RSTITVTOR VRBIS type.

[curtislclay]

This coin seems to be a dated version of the RESTITVTOR VRBIS type.

And interesting for proving that that undated type must have been struck at least partially in the year 200!

It's nice to get obviously rare and interesting types, for example LAETITIA TEMPORVM, ship, animals and quadrigas in circus for Septimius and his sons, but I've always also liked to acquire ordinary types that look common, but for some reason are in fact very rare, like this dated version of the RESTITVTOR VRBIS type in silver!

[curtislclay]

The RESTITVTOR VRBIS type is very common on denarii (244 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard), but very rare on bronze coins, the production of which was very meager between 198 and 209.

Here is a worn specimen of the corresponding sestertius, only the fourth known after those in Berlin, Rome (Gnecchi), and Vatican, all coming from a single obv. die and two rev. dies.

I acquired this coin from Rauch 96, 10 December 2014, lot 414, and it finally showed up in the mail today! A nice surprise, since I had long ago resigned myself to its apparent loss or theft!

[Lerian]

A nice find Curtis, and at least it arrived eventually.