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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3587705, member: 99456&quot;]Hi [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER], an interesting coin and nice upgrade.&nbsp; I am just discovering this thread six months late and found it useful trying to figure out this coin, purchased in a lot of 10 coins recently.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]958158[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b> (193-211 AD)</p><p>AR Denarius (17 mm, 3.00 g)</p><p><b>Mint: </b><span style="color: red"><strike>Alexandria,</strike></span> Rome, 193-194.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP CAE L SEP SEV P<span style="color: red"><strike>A</strike></span>ERT AVG, laureate head right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> FIDEI LEG TR P COS, Fides standing left, holding Victory and vexillum</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC 1 and 349; RSC 146</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;floor mop&quot; in fides&#039; left hand on the reverse took me a while to recognize as a &quot;vexillum&quot; or &quot;standard&quot;:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Museum_Petronell_-_Vexillum_Ala_I.jpg/80px-Museum_Petronell_-_Vexillum_Ala_I.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I find the portrait style on this one issue a bit unusual - Pescennius Niger-like?&nbsp; I read in one auction that : &quot;after Septimius&#039; victory against Pescennius Niger in the battle of Nikaia, the prefect of Egypt switched sides and started issuing coins in the name of the apparent winner, assuring him the fidelity of the Egyptian troops&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this coin correctly dated to 193-4? not sure if this might meet the requirements of [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] &#039;s birthday post:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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