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Septimius Severus Dea Caelestis Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193 CE - 211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 204 CE.
Size and Weight: 19 mm x 21 mm, 3.8g
Obverse: Laureate bust right.
SEVERVS PIVS AVG
Reverse: Dea Caelestis holding thunderbolt in right hand and tall transverse sceptre in left hand, seated facing on lion, head right. Lion is leaping right over a stream of water which gushes from a pile of rock on left.
INDVLGENTIA AVGG
Exergue: IN CARTH
Ref: RCV (2002) 6285 var
BW Ref: 039 025 074
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