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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2570940, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><b>Ancient Roman Empire: silver denarius of Septimius Severus, &quot;Dea Caelestis&quot; type, ca. 193-211 AD</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-018465-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-%20018465-slab.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse:</b> SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in exergue.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt &amp; scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">NGC Choice AU (Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5), cert. #4166745-008.&nbsp; Sear/RCV-6285, RIC-266, RSC-222, BMC-335. 3.42 g. Ex-&quot;pegasusauctions_com&quot;, eBay, 11/11/2014. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Coins of of the North African emperor Septimius Severus often come quite nice. He is one of the more &quot;affordable&quot; emperors if one wants higher grade pieces. I liked the look of this Choice AU example and thought the price fair. Additionally, the reverse type is rather interesting.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Miscellaneous links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-%20018465-coin.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-%20018465-coin.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger picture</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/index.aspx?CertNumber=4166745-008" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/index.aspx?CertNumber=4166745-008" rel="nofollow">NGC cert verification page</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6285.t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6285.t.html" rel="nofollow">Septimius Severus denarius, RCV-6285</a> (Wildwinds reference)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Wikipedia links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus" rel="nofollow">Septimius Severus</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius" rel="nofollow">Denarius</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dea_Caelestis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dea_Caelestis" rel="nofollow">Juno (mythology)</a> (Roman name for Dea Caelestis)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit" rel="nofollow">Tanit</a> (original Carthaginian form of Dea Caelestis)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">When posted here, this coin was part of my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/">&quot;Eclectic Box of 20&quot; collection</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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