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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8296381, member: 110350&quot;]Here are my seven Septimius Severus coins -- an appropriate number to have!</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 198 AD, Laodicea Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, L SEP SEVERVS PER - AVG P M IMP XI/ Rev. Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand &amp; palm branch in left, VICT AVG-G COS II P P. RIC IV-1 499, RSC III 695, Sear RCV II 6370. 19.29 mm., 3.15 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467066[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 197 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII / Rev. Elephant advancing right, MVNIFICENTIA AVG. RIC IV-1 82, RSC III 348, Sear RCV II 6317. 18 mm., 3.32 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467062[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 201 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS - PIVS AVG / Rev. Trophy with two Parthian captives seated at its base, facing outwards, with their hands supporting their heads, PART MAX P M - TR P VIIII. RIC IV-1 176, RSC III 370, Sear RCV (1988 ed.) 1767, BMCRE 356. 19 mm., 3.49 g. (<i>Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 212th Buy or Bid Sale, August 2020<b>, </b>Lot 153<b>; </b>Ex. Philip Ashton Collection, acquired Jan. 1998</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467063[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 203-204 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Dea Caelestis in headdress riding side-saddle on lion right, facing right and holding thunderbolt &amp; scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left; INDVLGENTIA AVGG; in exergue: IN CARTH [<i>probable reference to water project in Carthage</i>]. RIC IV-1 266, RSC III 222, Sear RCV II 6285. 18x20 mm., 3.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467065[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 207 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS - PIVS AVG / Rev. Africa in elephant-skin headdress standing facing, head right, holding out drapery containing basket of fruit[?], lion crouching to her right at her feet, head left, PM TR P XV CPOS III PP. RIC IV 207, RSC III 493, Sear RCV II 6341. 18.73 mm., 2.95 g.&nbsp; <i>Ex. Madroosi Collection</i> <i>(Joe Blazick</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467064[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, Billon Tetradrachm, AD 209-211, Phoenicia, Tyre. Obv. Laureate head right, AYT KAI CEΠ CEOYHPOC CE / Rev. Eagle standing facing upon club right, with spread wings and head to left, holding wreath in his beak; between legs, murex shell, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΤΟC ΤΟ Γ.&nbsp; 27 mm., 13.83 g, 11 h.&nbsp; Prieur 1533. <i>Purchased at Nomos Obolos Auction 22, 6 March 2022, Lot 576. </i> <i>Obverse die match to example of Prieur 1533 sold at CNG E-Auction 443, Jan. 5, 2019, Lot 422, ex. Freeman &amp; Sear FPL [fixed price list] 1, 1994, A261. Reverse of this coin, including dots in legend, is die match to Prieur 1534 [obverse of 1534 differs from 1533 in that bust on 1534 is draped and cuirassed]. This coin is one of only three known examples of Prieur 1533: this coin, the coin sold by CNG in 2019 (ex Freeman &amp; Sear), and Prieur 1533 itself (ex. M&amp;M FPL 250, Dec. 1964/Jan. 1965, # 95).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1467054[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Divus Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 211 AD, Rome Mint (struck under Caracalla). Obv. Bare head right, DIVO SEVERO PIO / Rev. Eagle standing three-quarters right on globe, head left, with wings spread and tail showing beneath wings to left, CONSECRATIO. RIC IV-1 Caracalla 191C, RSC III Severus 84a, Sear RCV II 7051 (ill. at p. 545). 19 mm., 3.28 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467055[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my Julia Domnas:</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna, AR Denarius ca. 201 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun in back, IVLIA AVGVSTA / Rev. Isis, wearing polos on head, draped, standing three-quarters right, head right, holding the nursing infant Horus in left arm against left breast, with her right hand holding a wreath or other ring-shaped object against her chest, her left foot against prow, right, and her left knee bent with Horus resting on it; to left of Isis, rudder rests against altar; SAECVLI FELICITAS.&nbsp; RIC IV-1 577 (p. 170), RSC III 174 (ill.), Sear RCV II 6606, BMCRE 166. 18x20 mm., 3.35 g., 6 h. <i>Ex. A.K. Collection; ex. CNG Triton XX Auction, Jan. 10, 2017, part of Lot # 614, No. E027.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467067[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my Getas (the same type as [USER=106333]@chaparralian[/USER]&#039;s, I believe):</p><p><br /></p><p>Geta Caesar (son of Septimius Severus) AR Denarius 200 AD. Obv. As young boy, bare-headed and draped bust right, P SEPT GETA CAES PONT / Rev. Geta in military dress standing facing, head left, holding baton with right hand and long sceptre with left hand, trophy of arms behind him to right, PRINC IV-VENTVTIS. RIC IV-1 18, RSC III Geta 157b (ill. p. 97), Sear RCV II 7196. <i>Purchased on Jan. 14, 2022 from Keith Candiotti (Miami, FL) at NYINC 2022.</i> 19 mm., 3.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467072[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my Caracallas:</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla (son of Septimius Severus) AR Denarius. Obv. Laureate, youthful draped bust right, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG/ Rev. Felicitas standing left holding caduceus &amp; cornucopiae, FELICITAS AVGG. RIC IV-1 127, RSC III 64, Sear RCV II 6799, BMCRE 276. 19 mm., 3.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467074[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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