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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3027118, member: 82322&quot;]Here is a coin with PROVIDENTIA but no Providentia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]753896[/ATTACH] </p><p>Septimus Severus 207-208 AD 3.05g denarius 18mm. Rome.</p><p>Obv: SEVERVS – PIVS AVG; Laureate head right</p><p>Rev: PROVIDENTIA; Small head of Medusa facing, on aegis.</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 286; BMCRE 357; RSC 591</p><p>ex-CNG, e-auction 186, April 2008, lot 195</p><p><br /></p><p>Why an aegis instead of Providentia?&nbsp; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3359523" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3359523" rel="nofollow">The theory</a> is that it refers to the foresight of the two Augusti, Septimius and Caracalla, in their preparation to invade Britain in the following year, 208.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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