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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Septimius Severus| > RS87263
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D.
|Septimius| |Severus|, |Septimius| |Severus,| |9| |April| |193| |-| |4| |February| |211| |A.D.|, This type is very rare with less than a dozen examples known, apparently from only two reverse dies. This example from a different reverse die than the British Museum example. Saeculum Frugiferum, the Roman personification of the Fertility of the Age, is depicted on Roman coins only in the Severan period. He was associated with an African god with the Greek name of Aion Karpophoros, the patron deity of Hadrumetum, Byzacene (North Africa).
RS87263. Silver denarius, RIC IV 19 (R); RSC III 622; Hunter III 1; cf. BMCRE V W4 (aureus, Cohen 622 denarius noted); SRCV II -, VF, excellent portrait, attractive style, light rose toning, light marks, small edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.236g, maximum diameter 17.7mm, early June to end 193 A.D.; obverse IMP CAE L SEPT SEV PERT AVG, laureate head right; reverse SAEC FRVGIF COS, Saeculum Frugiferum standing slightly left, radiate, head left, bare to the waist, himation around hips and thighs, winged caduceus upright in extended right hand, transverse trident in left hand; very rare; SOLD











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