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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2123068, member: 44132&quot;]Last month I got a little carried away and purchased about a half dozen coins.&nbsp; Some are coins I&#039;ve been looking to buy, while others, like this one was just a good buy that came along for the ride.&nbsp; I have pledged not to buy another coin till May 1 at the earliest.&nbsp; In order to keep this pledge, I&#039;m not even looking (I always find something when I look). </p><p><br /></p><p>But I digress.&nbsp; This is a simple coin of Septimius Severus from the Rome mint with a reverse I hadn&#039;t noticed before.&nbsp; It apparently was struck to invoke the protection of Hercules against the revolt of Clodius Albinus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]402783[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]402784[/ATTACH]</p><p>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII, laureate head right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; HECVLI DEFENS, Hercules standing half-right, resting on club, holding bow, lion&#039;s skin over arm</p><p>Struck at Rome, 197 AD</p><p>3.1g, 17mm</p><p>RIC 97, RSC 212, BMC 218[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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