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A coin of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Moneta. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: "Emesa", 194 CE
Size and Weight: 15mm x 17mm, 2.56g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II
Reverse: Moneta standing facing, head left, diademed and wearing kalathos, scales held in front at waist level in right hand, cornucopia in left arm.
M - ONE - T AVG
Ref: RCV (2002) 6314; RIC IV 411(a); BMCRE V p96, 380
BW Ref: 009 036 006
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