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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus showing Fortuna Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: "Emesa", 194 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm, 2.81g
Obverse: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II
Laureate head right.
Reverse: FORTUNA REDVCI
Fortuna standing left, wearing a kalathos, with her right hand tipping a patera over a lit altar, a cornucopia in her left arm.
Ref: RCV (2002) —; RIC IV 385; BMCRE V p.93, 363
BW Ref: 012 027 006
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Note: This coin is listed on WildWinds under Septimius Severus, RIC 385.


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