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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Salus enthroned Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193 CE - 211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 210 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19 mm, 2.7g
Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT
Laureate head right.
Reverse: P M TR P XVIII COS III P P
Salus seated left, right hand held out empty in front, left elbow resting on arm of throne, snake coiled up from right arm of throne.
Ref: RCV (2002) —; RIC IV 242; BMCRE V p.362, 27.
Provenance: Beast Coins (Vcoins), July 2006; ex Vel Garnett collection.
BW Ref: 042 025 081
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