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A holed silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing a moon and seven stars Coin Type: Holed silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193 CE - 211 CE
Mint and Date: "Emesa", 194 CE.
Size and Weight: 16mm, 2.2g
Obverse: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II
Laureate head right.
Reverse: SAECVL FELICIT
Seven stars and a crescent moon.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6361, RIC IV 417; BMCRE V p.97, 390
Provenance: ancient_treasures (eBay), February 2004
BW Ref: 017 026 010
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