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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3544411, member: 87809&quot;]Impressive coins!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Have shown this Septimius in another thread. Can&#039;t say if it is a naturalistic portrait, just like it; he looks very startled. The flan is tight.&nbsp; Main catalogs do not seem to agree on mint but it could have been struck in Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius, Rome 197 - 198 AD, under the authority of Septimius Severus and co-ruler Caracalla</p><p><br /></p><p>15 x 16 mm, 3.28 g;</p><p>Ref.: RIC IV Septimius Severus 119A; Cohen 641; </p><p>RCV does not list this type but the IMP XI one under RCV 6363. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: (L SEPT) SEV PERT AVG IMP X, Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right</p><p>Rev.: SALVTI AVGG, Salus, draped, seated left, feeding out of patera in extended right-hand snake coiled round altar</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]942193[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]942194[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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