Denarius - Septimius Severus VIRT AVG TR P COS; Virtus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	193
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269553
References	RIC IV.1# 363 (10) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ss.363_10 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS I

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Consul Primum.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), consul for the first time.

Reverse

Virtus, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and spear in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VIRT AVG TR P COS

Translation:
Virtus Augusti. Tribunicia Potestate, Consul.
Courage of the emperor. Holder of tribunician power, consul.

Mint

Emesa, Syria, modern-day Homs, Syria

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (193)

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