Septimus, Africa and fruit

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  1. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else

    I would be grateful if anyone knows of the story of this reverse, and is prepared to share it.
    Septimius Severus AR Denarius, Rome 207 AD. 20mm, 3.31gr.
    RIC 207, RSC 493, BMC 531
    SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P XV COS III P P, Africa standing right, holding out folds of drapery containing fruits, lion at feet walking right.
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  3. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Supporter

    Septimius visited his native province of Africa in A.D. 206 and returned to Rome in A.D. 207.
     
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  4. dltsrq

    dltsrq Grumpy Old Man

    The fruit is symbolic of Africa as the "bread basket" of the empire. Septimius Severus was born in Leptis Magna (modern Libya) to a Punic father and an Italian mother, the first emperor of provincial origin.
     
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