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Septimius Severus Hilaritas Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: "Emesa", 194 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 17mm, 2.4g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II
Reverse: Fortuna or Hilaritas standing left. holding a long palm branch and a cornucopia.
FORTUN REDVC
Ref: RCV (2002) 6268; RIC IV 383; BMCRE V p93, 359
BW Ref: 013 027 019
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