Denarius - Septimius Severus LIBERAL AVG; Liberalitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman 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
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269621
References	RIC IV.1# 400 (denarius) 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.400_denarius 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 II

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Consul Secundum.

Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar, Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor, consul for the second time.

Reverse

Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERAL AVG

Unabridged legend: Liberalitas Augusti.

Translation: The liberality of the emperor.

Mint

Emesa, Syria, modern-day Homs, Syria

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE) Automatically translated

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (194-195)

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