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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SwK, post: 2015435, member: 22309&quot;]<img src="http://s29.postimg.org/62gahlypj/septemius_seversus_AFRICA_obv_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>This Sestertius is a true natural coin, the fields, portrait, Africa or 100% as from the earth. Light washing has left the earth between the letters on the obverse. The reverse shows Africa and the &#039;cute&#039; lion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimus Severus coins are found in abundance but not Sestertius which are very rare especially in wonderful condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>The close interest I have is Septimus Severus died at York in 211 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Late in his reign he travelled to Britain, strengthening Hadrian&#039;s Wall and reoccupying the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Wall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Wall" rel="nofollow">Antonine Wall</a>. In 208 he invaded<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_invasion_of_Caledonia_208-210" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_invasion_of_Caledonia_208-210" rel="nofollow"> Caladonia</a> (modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" rel="nofollow">Scotland</a>), but his ambitions were cut short when he fell fatally ill in late 210. Severus died in early 211 at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eboracum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eboracum" rel="nofollow">Eboracum</a> (today York, England),succeeded by his sons <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla" rel="nofollow">Caracalla</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Septimius_Geta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Septimius_Geta" rel="nofollow">Geta</a>. With the succession of his sons, Severus founded the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severan_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severan_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Severan dynasty</a>, the last dynasty of the empire before the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century" rel="nofollow">Crisis of the Third Century</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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