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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Septimius Severus| > RS68499
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D.
|Septimius| |Severus|, |Septimius| |Severus,| |9| |April| |193| |-| |4| |February| |211| |A.D.|, In 199, Mesopotamia was partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, were formed as a permanent garrison. Septimius Severus laid siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but failed to capture the city despite breaching the walls.
RS68499. Silver denarius, RIC IV 134, RSC III 321a, BMCRE V 133, SRCV II 6312 var. (IMP X, 198 A.D.), VF, Rome mint, weight 3.695g, maximum diameter 18.7mm, die axis 225o, 199 A.D.; obverse L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, laureate head right; reverse MARTI VICTORI, Mars standing facing, head right, helmeted, nude to the waist, resting right hand on shield set on helmet(?), inverted spear in left; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; SOLD











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