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194-195 AD - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR denarius
obv: IMP CAE.L.SEP.SEV.PERT.AVG.COS.II  (laureate head right) 
rev: SAECVL FELICIT  (seven stars above crescent)
ref: RIC IVi 417 (S), C 628 (3frcs)
mint: Emesa
3.20gms, 17mm
Scarce

Seven stars are found more often than any other number. They might have had different meanings on different coins. It is sometimes said that they represent the five planets known in classical times plus the sun and the moon, but that idea is hard to sustain on coins which show the moon as well. Another theory is that they represent the Pleiades, a constellation sometimes known as the Seven Sisters.
Keywords: SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS denarius

194-195 AD - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR denarius

obv: IMP CAE.L.SEP.SEV.PERT.AVG.COS.II (laureate head right)
rev: SAECVL FELICIT (seven stars above crescent)
ref: RIC IVi 417 (S), C 628 (3frcs)
mint: Emesa
3.20gms, 17mm
Scarce

Seven stars are found more often than any other number. They might have had different meanings on different coins. It is sometimes said that they represent the five planets known in classical times plus the sun and the moon, but that idea is hard to sustain on coins which show the moon as well. Another theory is that they represent the Pleiades, a constellation sometimes known as the Seven Sisters.

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Album name:berserker / The Severan period
Keywords:SEPTIMIUS / SEVERUS / denarius
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Date added:Apr 28, 2009
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