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Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., LEG III IT AVG
IT in the reverse legend was an error. The mint at Alexandria copied a legionary type struck at Rome in 193 A.D. for Legio III Italica with the reverse legend LEG III ITAL. Legio III Augusta was never called Italica. Legio III Augusta supported Octavian in his civil war against Mark Antony (31 - 30 B.C.) and was officially refounded in 30 B.C., when Octavian achieved sole mastery of the Roman empire. In that year, it was deployed in the Roman province of Africa, where it was responsible for multiple building projects and the enforced the rule of the Roman Empire for over three hundred years. In 193 A.D., the year before this coin was struck, Septimius Severus awarded Legio III Augusta the title Pia Vindex (Faithful avenger) for supporting his claim to the purple.SH90696. Silver denarius, Bickford-Smith 3, RSC III 262 corr. (illustrated but misdescribed), RIC IV -, BMCRE V -, Hunter III -, gF, compact flan cutting off parts of legends, Alexandria mint, weight 3.356g, maximum diameter 17.7mm, die axis 0o, 194 A.D.; obverse IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG, laureate head right; reverse LEG - III - IT - AV-G, TR P COS ending in exergue, aquila (legionary eagle) between two signa (legionary standards); extremely rare; SOLD
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