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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Sol Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 197 CE.
Size and Weight: 19mm, 3.2g
Obverse: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII
Laureate head right.
Reverse: PM TR P V COS II P P
Sol standing half left, right hand raised palm out, whip in left arm behind.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6331, RIC IV 101; BMCRE V p.57, 227.
Provenance: Ancient Coin Art (Vcoins), January 2006.
BW Ref: 037 053 072
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