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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3258569, member: 99456&quot;]Welcome [USER=99531]@Nvb[/USER], and [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER], here&#039;s a Severan beard (earlier than the 293 AD tetrarchy of Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]856697[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus (193 - 211 A.D)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p><b>Obv:</b> SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, Laureate head right, sporting a righteous beard</p><p><b>Rev:</b> RESTITVTOR VRBIS (Restorer of the City), Severus in military attire, spear in left hand, sacrificing over a tripod altar with right.</p><p>Rome mint, 201 A.D.</p><p><br /></p><p>With this coin the emperor advertises/proclaims his building projects in Rome and perhaps more broadly his efforts to restore order after the turbulent period where&nbsp; Pertinax, Septimus Severus, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus all vied for control of Rome and ultimately Septimus Severus prevailed after defeating Clodius Albinus in bloody battle in Lugdunum (today Lyon, France) in 197.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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