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Septimius Severus Denarius RIC IVa 100
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Septimius Severus AR denarius
3.10g, 17.2mm, 180 degrees, Rome mint, 197-198CE.
Attribution: RIC IVa 100, Cohen 349. BMCRE V 224-225.
O: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII, laureate head right.
R: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, Elephant right (sometimes cuirassed).
While this coins has relatively little circulation wear, the details on the body of the elephant are worn, likely from a die nearing end of life. In hand, you can make out faint indentations on the body and the outline of the legs is ribbed, meaning this is likely the cuirassed version of the reverse, but the cuirassing is indistinct due to die wear.
30 examples in Reka Devnia, Mouchmov P. 99.
Ex-Lodge Antiquities Coin, UK.
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