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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
, AD 193-211. AR Denarius.
Obverse:
L. SEPT. SEV. PERT. AVG. IMP. X. His laureated head right.
Reverse:
MARTI VICTORI, Mars standing facing right, holding spear in his right hand, leaning on shield set on helmet.
Reference:
RIC 114; Sear 1764. Grade: aU.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Septimius Severus
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Septimius Severus see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.