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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Virtus Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193 CE - 211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 193-194 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 2.71g
Obverse: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG
Laureate head right.
Reverse: VIRT AVG TR P COS
Virtus, draped, standing front, head left, one breast bare, holding Victory on right hand and spear, vertical, reversed, in left.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6836; RIC IV 24; BMCRE (V) p.24, 33
Provenance: berhtric (eBay), August 2007.
BW Ref: 059 053 114
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