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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Mars Pacator Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 194 CE
Size and Weight: 22mm x 20mm, 3.8g
Obverse: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP IIII
Laureate head right.
Reverse: MARS PACATOR
Mars, helmeted, nude but for a chlamys draped from left arm, right hand holding out a branch at waist level, left hand holding a reversed spear with a high grip.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6309; RIC IV 45; BMCRE V p.34, 83
Provenance: Beast Coins (Vcoins), February 2004.
BW Ref: 015 027 010
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