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Caracalla, StobiReverse: Serapis with snake

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I think I see MVNICI STOB on the reverse, this die is unlisted, unique!
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201. Septimius SeverusSeptimius Severus Denarius. 207 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P XV COS III P P, trophy of arms, seated captive to left, standing captive right.

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201. Septimius SeverusPax

In Roman mythology, Pax (Latin for peace) (she had the Greek equivalent Eirine) was recognized as a goddess during the rule of Augustus. On the Campus Martius, she had a temple called the Ara Pacis, and another temple on the Forum Pacis. She was depicted in art with olive branches, a cornucopia and a scepter. There was a festival in her honor on January 3.

Septimius Severus 193-211AD

Denarius 3.15g Obv: Head of Septimius Severus right 'L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII' Rev: Pax seated left holding a branch and scepter 'P M TR P V COS II PP'

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201. Septimius SeverusSeptimius Severus
AR Denarius
Date/Size: 197 AD; 2.1g/16mm
Obverse: L SEPT SEV PER AVG IMP VIIII, laureate head right
Reverse: PROFEC-TIO AVG, Septimius on horseback right, holding transverse spear
Reference:RIC 494, RSC 580, BMC 466
Mint: Rome

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201. Septimius SeverusSeptimius Severus. A.D. 193-211. Æ sestertius (29.5 mm, 19.80 g, 11 h). Rome, A.D. 194. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III, laureate head right / MONET AVG COS II P P, SC, the three Monetae standing left, each holding scales and cornucopias. RIC 670; BMCRE 508. aVF, scarce.ecoli
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201. Septimius Severus SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE Sestertius, Struck 196 AD

Bust of Severus right / Elephant walking right

BMCRE 602, Cohen 351
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201. Septimius SeverusSeptimius Severus. A.D. 193-211. Æ sestertius (30.3 mm, 22.25 g, 11 h). Rome, A.D. 196. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTI AVG FELICISSIMO, SC, Severus on horseback right, led by soldier holding vexilum. RIC 719; BMCRE 596. Fine, Scarce.1 commentsecoli
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201. Septimius Severus; Ancialus, ThraceSeptimius Severus AE20 of Ancialus, Thrace.

obv: AVT K CEP CEVHPOC, laureate head right
rev: AGXIALEWN, Cybele seated left in turreted crown, holding patera & drum,
lion next to her.
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201. Septimus SeverusPax seated on rev., a scarcer type, so either

RIC 724, bust var., IMP VIII / TR P IIII (later 196),

RIC 727, IMP VIII / TR P V (early 197), or

RIC 730a, IMP VIIII / TR P V (c. late spring 197, a mule from an old rev. die).
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201. Septimus Severus; Pautalia, ThraceSeptimus Severus//
Coiled serpent with head up

Moushmov 4179
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201. Septimus Severus; Pautalia, ThraceSeptimus Severus AE19 of Pautalia. AV K L CEP CEVHPOC, laureate head right / OVLPIAC PAVTALIAC, bunch of grapes on a stem. Moushmov 4164. No.3179.

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201. Septimus Severus;,Augusta TraianaLooks like Varbanov (engl.) 999 (private collection, unpublished var.). Referring to Varbanov the coin in Schonert-Geiss #170 has 'bust draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.' whereas your obv. is 'head, laureate, r.'

ex - CNG; bulk lot
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201a. Julia DomnaIn Rome, when the worship of Cybele, as Magna Mater, was formally initiated in 203 BC, Rome was embroiled in the Second Punic War. The previous year, an inspection had been made of the Sibylline Books, and some oracular verses had been discovered that announced that if a foreign foe should carry war into Italy, he could be driven out and conquered if the Mater Magna were brought from Pessinos to Rome. Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica was ordered to go to the port of Ostia, accompanied by all the matrons, to meet the goddess. He was to receive her as she left the vessel, and when brought to land he was to place her in the hands of the matrons who were to bear her to her destination, the Temple of Victory on the Palatine Hill. The day on which this event took place, 12 April, was observed afterwards as a festival, the Megalesian. (Livy, History of Rome, circa AD 10)

In Rome, her Phrygian origins were recalled by Catullus, whose famous poem on the theme of Attis includes a vivid description of Cybele's worship: "Together come and follow to the Phrygian home of Cybele, to the Phrygian forests of the goddess, where the clash of cymbals ring, where tambourines resound, where the Phrygian flute-player blows deeply on his curved reed, where ivy-crowned maenads toss their heads wildly."

Roman devotion to Cybele ran deep. Not coincidentally, when a Christian basilica was built over the site of a temple to Cybele, to occupy the site, it was dedicated as the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

The worship of Cybele penetrated as far as Mauretania, where, just outside Setif, the ceremonial "tree-bearers" and the faithful (religiosi) restored the temple of Cybele and Attis after a disastrous fire in AD 288. Lavish new fittings paid for by the private group included the silver statue of Cybele and the chariot that carried her in procession received a new canopy, with tassels in the form of fir cones. (Robin Lane Fox, Pagans and Christians, p 581.)

Today, a monumental statue of Cybele can be found in one of the principal traffic circles of Madrid, the Plaza de Cibeles (illustration, upper right).

In Roman mythology, Magna Mater deorum Idaea ("great Idaean mother of the gods") was the name for the originally Phrygian goddess Cybele, as well as Rhea.

Her cult moved from Phrygia to Greece from the 6th century to the 4th. In 205 BC, Rome adopted her cult.

Julia Domna Denarius. 212 AD. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right / MATRI DEVM, Cybele standing left, leaning on column, holding drum & scepter, lion at foot. RSC 137. RIC 382
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201a. JULIA DOMNALuna

In Greek mythology, Selene was an ancient lunar deity and the daughter of the titans Hyperion and Theia. She was identified with the Roman moon goddess, Luna.

Like most moon deities, Selene plays a fairly large role in her pantheon. However, Selene was eventually largely supplanted by Artemis, and Luna by Diana. In the collection known as the Homeric hymns, there is a Hymn to Selene (xxxii), paired with the hymn to Helios. Selene is described in Apollodorus 1.2.2; Hesiod's Theogony 371; Nonnius 48.581; Pausanias 5.1.4; and Strabo 14.1.6, among others.

The Roman goddess of the moon, Luna, had a temple on the Aventine Hill. It was built in the 6th century BC, but was destroyed in the Great Fire of Rome during Nero's reign. There was also a temple dedicated to Luna Noctiluca ("Luna that shines by night") on the Palatine Hill. There were festivals in honor of Luna on March 31, August 24 and August 28

JULIA DOMNA, - 217 AD. Antoninianus, Rome, 215 - 217 AD Bust, no crescent, right / Luna Lucifera in biga left. Rare. RIC 379.
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201a. Julia DomnaVesta

Vesta was introduced in Rome by King Numa Pompilius. She was a native Roman deity (some authors suggest received from the Sabine cults), sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera and Demeter, and presumably the daughter of Saturn and Ops (or Rea). However, the similarity with the cult of Greek Hestia is notable. Vesta too protected familial harmony and the res publica. Apollo and Neptune had asked for her in marriage, but she refused both, preferring to preserve her virginity, whose symbol was the perpetually lit fire in her circular fane next to the Forum which the Romans always distinguished from a temple by calling it her "house".

As Goddess of the Hearth she was the symbol of the home, around which a newborn child must be carried before it could be received into the family. Every meal began and ended with an offering to her:

Vesta, in all dwellings of men and immortals
Yours is the highest honor, the sweet wine offered
First and last at the feast, poured out to you duly.
Never without you can gods or mortals hold banquet.

Landscape with Vesta temple in Tivoli, Italy, c. 1600.Each city too had a public hearth sacred to Vesta, where the fire was never allowed to go out. If a colony was to be founded, the colonists carried with them coals from the hearth of the mother-city with which to kindle the fire on the new city's hearth.

The fire was guarded by her priestesses, the Vestales. Every March 1 the fire was renewed. It burned until 391, when the Emperor Theodosius I forbade public pagan worship. One of the Vestales was Rea Silvia, who with Mars conceived Romulus and Remus (see founding of Rome).

3070. Silver denarius, RIC 538, RSC 221, VF, 2.30g, 17.5mm, 0o, Rome mint, 193-196 A.D.; obverse IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right; reverse VESTA, Vesta seated left, holding palladium and scepter. Ex Forum
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201a. Julia Domna; Marcianopolis, Moesia InferiorMoesia Inferior Marcianopolis

Attribution: AMNG (PICK) 210
Date: 193-217 AD
Obverse: Julia right
Reverse: Three Graces facing
Size: 22.15mm
Weight: 5.42 grams
Description: ex ANA Bourse 2000, ex Mark Staal collection
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201b. Clodius AlbinusClodius Albinus

Governor of Britain at the death of the emperor Pertinax, Decimus Clodius Albinus attempted to seize the throne but ended up as Caesar in alliance with another imperial contender, Septimius Severus. After Severus defeated two other rivals, the now expendable Albinus was forced into another attempt at usurpation, an attempt that came to an end at the bloody battle of Lyon. Albinus, defeated and was trapped in a house along the river Rhine, committed suicide. Heis wife and children were be ordered killed by Severus, who also had Albinus' head cut off and sent to Rome for display.

AR Denarius. D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right / FELICITAS COS II, Felicitas standing, head left, holding caduceus and scepter. RSC 15 var. Ex-Flan
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202. CaracallaIn Roman mythology, Victoria was the goddess of victory. She is the Roman version of the Greek goddess Nike Nike INC , and was associated with Bellona. She was adopted by the Sabine agricultural goddess Vacuna.

Caracalla Denarius. 211 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / P M TR P XIIII COS III P P, Victory advancing right on prow with wreath & palm. RSC 188.
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202. CaracallaCaracalla Denarius. 201-206 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, child's laureate bust right / ADVENT AVG, galley with three rowers, four oars, boatswain. RSC 3. RIC 120
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202. Caracalla & Geta; MarkianopolisCaracalla & Geta AE28 Pentassarion of Markianopolis. Draped bust of Serapis right, E to left.

Caracalla & Geta AE28 Pentassarion of Markianopolis. Magistrate Flavius Ulpianus. AV K M AV ANTWNINOC AV K L CEP GETAC. Confronted laureate draped busts / V FL OULPIANOU MARKIANOPOLITWN, draped bust of Serapis right, E to left. Moushmov 464. No.2819. Holed
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202. Caracalla; Anchialus, ThraceCaracalla AE28 of Anchialus, Thrace. AVT M AVR ANTWNEINOC, laureate cuirassed bust right / OVLPIANWN AGCIA-LEWN, city gate, no door, with two crenulated towers. Moushmov 2853. No.2591. ecoli
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202. Caracalla; AncyraThis reverse seems to be unknown for a left-facing Caracalla.

The following two might have the same reverse type (Vexillum, with eagle, between two standards with capricorns

Caracalla, facing right, SNG Aul 6162 and 6178 (n.v.)

Similar reverse:
Julia Domna, SNG France 2494, SNG Hunter 2168
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202. Caracalla; Antiochia ad Orontem, Seleucis and Pieria, SyriaCARACALLA, 198-217 AD, SYRO-PHOENICIAN COINAGE, AR TETRADRACHM MINTED AT ANTIOCH, PRIEUR # 233 (38) SMALL CLUB ISSUE OF WAR ISSUES MINTED 215-217AD ecoli
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202. Caracalla; Antiochia ad Orontem, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria;Antiochia ad Orontem , Caracalla Æ 34, 17.2g

OBVERSE: Laureate bust right.
REVERSE: City-godess seated left on rock, holding ears of corn. River-god Orontes swimming at her feet
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202. Caracalla; Augusta Traiana, ThraceAugusta Traiana, Thrace

Founded around 106 AD by the Emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus (98-117 AD), Augusta Traiana, "the most flamboyant city of the Traians" was the second largest city in the Roman province of Thrace during 2nd and 3rd century AD, after Philipopolis (present-day Plovdiv). It occupied an area of 38 hectares and was fortified by strong fortress walls.

Augusta Traiana had the statute of an autonomous city of the ‘polis' type (i.e. city-state). From the time of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) to the Emperor Galienus (253-268 AD) it had the right to mint its own bronze coins, which were in circulation all over the Balkan Peninsula.

Caracalla

Homonoia sacrificing over burning altar and holding cornucopiae.

Moushmov 3066
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202. Caracalla; Bithynia, NicaeaCaracalla AE24 of Bithynia, Nicaea.

ANTWNINOC AVGOVCTOC, laureate head right
NIKAIEWN, Demeter standing left with corn ears and long torch.
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202. Caracalla; Carrhae, MesopotamiaCaracalla AE18 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia, M AVR ANTONINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / COL MET ANTO NINIANA AVR ALEX, veiled and turretted bust of city goddess right. BMC16.
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202. Caracalla; Hadrianopolis, ThraceHadrianopolis, Caracalla

AD 197 - 217 Tetrassarion

obv: AVG KMA VR ANTWNEINOC laureate head to right
rev: ADRIANOPOLEITWN Homonia stg. left, holding Patera over burning altar left and cornucopia in left arm

Moushmov 2637
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202. Caracalla; Markianopolisobv. ANTWNINOC PI - OC AVGOVST - O - C, bust, bearded, laureate, r.
rev. VP KVNTILIANO / V MARKIANOPOLIT and in field W / N, eagle with spread wings stg. on globe facing, head with wreath in beak raising r.
AMNG I, 1, 242 (2 known specimen in London and Paris)
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202. Caracalla; Serdica, ThraceCaracalla AE28 of Serdica, Thrace.

AVT K M AVPH ANTWNINOC, laureate head right / OVLPIAC CEPDIKHC, Homonia sacrificing from patera over lit altar to left, holding cornucopiae.
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202. Septimius SeverusThe Caledonians are next mentioned in 209, when they are said to have surrendered to the emperor Septimius Severus after he personally led a military expedition north of Hadrian's Wall, in search of a glorious military victory. Herodian and Dio wrote only in passing of the campaign but describe the Caledonians ceding territory to Rome as being the result. Cassius Dio records that the Caledonians inflicted 50,000 Roman casualties due to attrition and unconventional tactics such as guerrilla warfare. Dr. Colin Martin has suggested that the Severan campaigns did not seek a battle but instead sought to destroy the fertile agricultural land of eastern Scotland and thereby bring about genocide of the Caledonians through starvation.

By 210 however, the Caledonians had re-formed their alliance with the Maeatae and joined their fresh offensive. A punitive expedition led by Severus' son, Caracalla, was sent out with the purpose of slaughtering everyone it encountered from any of the northern tribes. Severus meanwhile prepared for total conquest but was already ill; he died at Eboracum (modern day York) in Britannia in 211. Caracalla attempted to take over command but when his troops refused to recognise him as emperor, he made peace with the Caledonians and retreated south of Hadrian's Wall to press his claim for the throne. Sheppard Frere suggests that Caracalla briefly continued the campaign after his father's death rather than immediately leaving, citing an apparent delay in his arrival in Rome and indirect numismatic and epigraphic factors that suggest he may instead have fully concluded the war but that Dio's hostility towards his subject led him to record the campaign as ending in a truce. Malcolm Todd however considers there to be no evidence to support this. Nonetheless the Caledonians did retake their territory and pushed the Romans back to Hadrians Wall.

In any event, there is no further historical mention of the Caledonians for a century save for a c. AD 230 inscription from Colchester which records a dedication by a man calling himself the nephew (or grandson) of "Uepogenus, [a] Caledonian". This may be because Severus' campaigns were so successful that the Caledonians were wiped out, however this is highly unlikely. In 305, Constantius Chlorus re-invaded the northern lands of Britain although the sources are vague over their claims of penetration into the far north and a great victory over the "Caledones and others" (Panegyrici Latini Vetares, VI (VII) vii 2). The event is notable in that it includes the first recorded use of the term 'Pict' to describe the tribes of the area.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ As (25mm, 11.07 g, 7h). “Victoria Britannica” issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 211. Laureate head right / Victory standing right, holding vexillum; seated captives flanking. RIC IV 812a. Near VF, brown surfaces with touches of green and red, porous. Rare.

From the Fairfield Collection.

ex-cng EAuction 329 481/100/60
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202a. PlautillaVenus

The Roman goddess of love and beauty, but originally a vegetation goddess and patroness of gardens and vineyards. Later, under Greek influence, she was equated with Aphrodite and assumed many of her aspects. Her cult originated from Ardea and Lavinium in Latium. The oldest temple known of Venus dates back to 293 BCE, and was inaugurated on August 18. Later, on this date the Vinalia Rustica was observed. A second festival, that of the Veneralia, was celebrated on April 1 in honor of Venus Verticordia, who later became the protector against vice. Her temple was built in 114 BCE. After the Roman defeat near Lake Trasum in 215 BCE, a temple was built on the Capitol for Venus Erycina. This temple was officially opened on April 23, and a festival, the Vinalia Priora, was instituted to celebrate the occasion.

Venus is the daughter of Jupiter, and some of her lovers include Mars and Vulcan, modeled on the affairs of Aphrodite. Venus' importance rose, and that of her cult, through the influence of several Roman political leaders. The dictator Sulla made her his patroness, and both Julius Caesar and the emperor Augustus named her the ancestor of their (Julian) family: the 'gens Julia' was Aeneas, son of Venus and the mortal Anchises. Ceasar introduced the cult of Venus Genetrix, the goddess of motherhood and marriage, and built a temple for her in 46 BCE. She was also honored in the temple of Mars Ultor. The last great temple of Venus was built by the emperor Hadrianus near the Colusseum in 135 CE.

Roman statues and portraits of Venus are usually identical to the Greek representations of Aphrodite.

AR Denarius. PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left holding apple & palm, leaning on shield, Cupid at her feet. RSC 25.
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Julia DomnaJulia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ As (27mm, 9.59 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, circa AD 214. Diademed and draped bust right / Four Vestal Virgins sacrificing over altar in front of the Temple of Vesta. RIC IV 607a (Caracalla). Near VF, dark green patina with light earthen highlights and touches of red, a few cleaning marks.

During the last five years of her life, following the murder of her younger son Geta in AD 212, Julia Domna virtually ran the government while Caracalla embarked on various military adventures. The emperor was much troubled by illness throughout his sole reign. On his way to the Parthian War in AD 214, he even visited the great shrine of Aesculapius at Pergamum in the hopes of finding a cure, an occasion marked by the striking of a remarkable series of medallic bronzes at the city.

This rare and attractive As of Julia Domna, issued at Rome in AD 214, is on the same theme and records vows for the health of Caracalla undertaken by the Vestal Virgins in a ceremony before the Temple of Vesta. The four Vestals are accompanied by two children and the sanctuary itself appears as a small domed structure in the background. Over the centuries no fewer than seven temples of Vesta occupied the site in the Forum at the northern corner of the house of Vestals. Most were the victims of fire, the sixth temple having been destroyed late in the reign of Commodus (AD 191). Julia Domna herself built the seventh, and the partially reconstructed ruins of this building are still to be seen today.

Description from CNG
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Septimius SeverusSeptimius Severus. A.D. 193-211. AE sestertius (29.14 mm, 22.03 g, 6 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 195. L [SEPT] SEV PERT AVG IMP V, laureate head of Septimius Severus right / [P M T]R P [III COS II P P] S - C, naked Mars walking right carrying spear and holding trophy over shoulder. RIC 688; BMC 137, 551. aVF/F, attractive green patina.
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Septimius SeverusSeptimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 16.79 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 196-197. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Septimius standing left, holding patera over lighted tripod, and facing Caracalla (or attendant) standing right, holding rod(?). RIC IV 730c; Banti 177 var. (obv. bust type). VF, dark green and brown patina with a few red deposits, some light scratches. 1 commentsecoli
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Septimius Severus Septimius Severus. A.D. 193-211. AE sestertius (28.97 mm, 19.48 g, 11 h). Rome mint, Struck A.D. 195. Laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right / PART ARAB PART ADIAB, COS II P P , in exergue, two captives seated back to back at foot of trophy. RIC 690. VF.ecoli
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Septimius Severus Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.45 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 194. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Africa standing right, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding grain ears; at feet to right, lion standing right. RIC IV 668; Banti 8. Near VF, green-brown patina, a few scratches.ecoli
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