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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Fortuna as Pax Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193 CE - 211 CE
Mint and Date: Emesa, 194 CE.
Size and Weight: 19 mm, 3.04g
Obverse: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II
Laureate head right.
Reverse: FORTV-N REDVC
Fortuna as Pax, seated left on backless chair, holding branch downward in front in right hand, and cornucopiabehind in left arm.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6277; RIC IV 386; BMCRE V p.93, 362.
Provenance: emwhisper (eBay), November 2006.
BW Ref: 045 029 092
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