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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24682547, member: 26430&quot;]Here&#039;s one of my Septimius Severus denarius examples of this type, commemorating the aqueduct (represented by the water flowing from rocks) &amp; other renovations in Carthage.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is worth noting Septimius was born in N. Africa in the same province &amp; showed it special favor (the INDVLGENTIA of the Augustus referenced in the legend):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574613[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Septimius Severus AR Denarius</b> (18mm, 2.93g, 12h), struck in Rome c. 202-3 CE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: SEVERVS PIVS AVG. Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: INDVLGENTIA AVGG / IN CARTH. Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt in her right hand and scepter in her left, seated facing on lion leaping to right; below, water gushing from rocks on l.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: Cohen (or RSC) 222; RIC 266.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Ex T.R. Hardaker Collection (1942-2019), best known among numismatists for his books on ancient/medieval Indian coinage. (Collection sold at Baldwin’s Auction 48 [London, 20 Sep 2020].)</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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