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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Hercules Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 197 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm, 2.84g
Obverse: L SEPT PERT AVG IMP VIIII
Laureate head right.
Reverse: HERCVLI DEFENS
Hercules standing facing, head right, resting on club behind and holding bow in left hand at waist level in front, lion's skin over left arm.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6284, RIC IV 97; BMCRE V p.55, 218.
Provenance: Barry P. Murphy (Vcoins), February 2006.
BW Ref: 038 053 073
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