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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Fides Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: "Emesa", 194 CE.
Size and Weight: 16mm, 2.83g
Obverse: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II
Laureate head right.
Reverse: BONI EVENTVS
Fides standing left. holding a dish of fruit in front in right hand at shoulder level, two corn ears trailed behind in left hand.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6267, RIC IV 369; BMCRE V p.91, 343
Provenance: cassianus (eBay), October 2003.
BW Ref: 011 027 006
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