I have this
denarius of
Septimius Severus which I find quite a puzzler. I keep looking at it and putting it back down again.
I will describe what I can see even if it doesn't really make much sense!
Obv:-
IMP C L SEPTIMIV -
S AVG [....], Laureate
bust right
Rev:- PACI AI - GOSTI,
Securitas seated left, resting left
arm on chair, holding globe in right hand
The
bust style seems quite
good, the lettering seems well executed on the whole even if the legends don't make sense to me. The use of
Securitas on a PACI
reverse legend seems peculiar. The
reverse seems relatively well executed. The silver looks to be lower
quality than normal.
Can anyone give me an opinion on this? Is it simply an interesting Barb? It was found by a detectorist in
England with some other coins and I do not doubt that it is ancient.
Regards,
Martin