Septimius September!

It's September! And I celebrate by playing some EW&F ...



And, because it's ZEPtember, I play some Zep each day ...



And I thought we could celebrate by posting a coin of SEPTimius Severus each day. I'll start it off ...


Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
Roman AR denarius, 3.10 g, 17.9 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 196.
Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head, right.
Rev: P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Minerva standing left, holding transverse spear in right hand and round shield in left hand (i.e., the Palladium).
Refs: RIC 83; BMCRE 139; Cohen 417; Hill 216; RCV --.

Let's make it a month-long pile-on thread! Let's see your daily dose of Septimius Severus!!

 

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I will try and find my Septimius Severus.

 

AR Denarius, Rome 200 AD
17 x 18 mm, 3.260 g
RIC IV Septimius Severus 150; Hill 444; Cohen 454;

Ob.: SEVERVS AVG PART MAX (Severus Augustus Parthicus Maximus = Severus Augustus great Parthian) Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
Rev.: P M TR P VIII COS II P P Victory, winged, draped, flying left, holding wreath in both hands over shield set on low base

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Won this one at AMCC3 in a group of 9 provincial coins. It was fun researching it

Æ 16, Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 193 – 211 AD
10.16 g
Varbanov 2316; AMNG 1421; Mionnet Supp. II, 451 – 452; Pick, "Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1", Berlin 1898 p. 386, Nr. 1425.2;
coin 17157, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_17157

Ob.: ΑV ΚΛI ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Rev.: ΝΙΚΟΠΟ(ΛΙ ΠΡΟC) ΙCΤΡ (issued by the people of Nikopolis at the river Ictros) upright torch

AMNG and Mionnet describe the reverse as a club. AMNG plate XX, 41 shows the torch upside down. However, the flame at the top of the object tells us that this is a torch and not an oddly shaped club

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I think I pulled out a right one...
I lost this coin's label, and a large portion of legend is missing.

 

I really like the Septimius Severus September idea.

In an effort to match the OP - I think mine is a limes, or maybe just "officially" ugly. It is the IMP VII version, rather than the OP's IMP VIII:

Septimius Severus Limes Denarius
(195-196 A.D.)
Rome Mint
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII, laureate head right / P M TR P III COS II P P Minerva standing left with shield and spear.
RSC 391; RIC 68 (limes?)
(2.33 grams / 16 mm)
eBay July 2017

 

Whole lotta Septimius

This was my first similar to OP in design but I suspect this is L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V


Quite fun and challenging to attribute it, it was included in a lot of 8 denarii without details about them. The missing legend didn't help, I was not yet familiar with portraits but I managed to find it, it was rewarding for a beginner.

Obverse: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V, laureate head right. Reverse: P M TR P III COS II P P, Minerva standing left, holding transverse spear and round shield.
RIC IV Septimius Severus 61; RSC 390
AD 195

 

Obv:- L SEPT SEVER P-ERT AVG IMP VII-I, Laureate head right
Rev:- VICTOR AVG, Victoria standing right, left foot on globe?, holding shield with left hand, resting on knee, inscribing with right hand
Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare.
Reference:– RIC 486 var. BMCRE pg. 113 var. Cohen 704 var.

 

Martin, I didn't know denarii were struck at Laodicea ad Mare. Your coin has a nice high relief portrait . For comparison is a Tet from the same mint I scored about 5 years ago .

 

WOW! Love that eagle!

 

Septimius Severus, A.R. Denarius, Rome mint, 210 C.E.

3.3 grams, 19.1 mm

Obverse: Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG

Reverse: PMTRP XVIII COS III PP

Neptune standing left, nude but for cloak over left shoulder and right arm, right foot on rock, right arm resting on right knee, trident vertical behind in left hand.

 

Looking forward to seeing some different Sep coins in this thread..
Septimius Severus RIC IV#261
AR Denarius Septimius Severus 193-211 AD..3.37g. 18mm. 202-210 AD Rome mint.
Obverse- SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
Reverse- FELICITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.

 

Oh, this thread could go on for a while. Here is one of my Septimius Severus denarii:

Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 194 AD, Rome mint. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III, head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: LIBERO PATRI, Bacchus (Liber), wreathed, naked except for cloak over left arm, emptying oenochoe in r. hand over panther, and holding garlanded thyrsus in l. hand 17.5mm, 2.53g. Ref: RIC IV.1 Septimius Severus 32.

 

RI Septimus Severus 193-211 AR Denarius Genius Sacrificing

 

...ah, 30 days of Sept. Severus eh?!....i've got 2 coins of'em..i'll save'em for another day o de month....

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII, laureate head right
REVERSE: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, Elephant wearing cuirass walking right
Struck at Rome, 196 197 AD
3.63g, 17mm
RIC 100, RSC 349

 

Septimius Severus as Divus Ar Denarius 211 AD Obv Head right bare. Rv Eagle standing facing on globe. RIC 191c 3.41 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen Denarius struck during the reign of his two sons Caracalla and Geta. It is said that on his death bed Septimius told his sons how he thought the Empire should be governed. "Love each other enrich the army despise the rest" This advice seems to have gained resonance ever since.