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Denarius - Septimius Severus BONAE SPEI; Spes

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 194-195
Value 1 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.2 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
269571
References RIC IV.1# 366B
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.366B
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II

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

Reverse

Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in extended right hand and raising fold of skirt with left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: BONAE SPEI

Translation:
Bonae Spei.
To good hope.

Mint

Emesa, Syria, modern-day Homs, Syria

Comments

Mass varies: 3.026–3.453 g;

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (194-195) 

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