Septimius September!

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Septimius Severus denarius
Rome 19mm 2.05g
Septimius, togate & veiled standing and holding olive branch & roll
RIC 265, BMCRE V 330

 

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September 5th - a denarius:


Septimius Severus - Denarius
(200-201 A.D.)
Rome Mint
SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right / RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Severus
in military dress sacrificing over lighted tripod, patera in right hand, sceptre in left.
RIC 167a, RSC 599, BMC 202
(3.03 grams / 20 mm)
eBay Aug. 2017

 

Septimius Severus denarius (Barbarous imitation)

Obv:– L SEP SEV PERT AVG IM C P X, Laureate head right
Rev:– MART[I V]IC, Mars standing front, head right, resting right hand on shield set on low base, spear in right hand.
cf RIC 114

This coin looks like it is a barbarous imitation of RIC 114. Whilst the style is quite pleasing the legends are quite severely blundered.

Ex. Forvm

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: AY Λ CЄΠ CЄOYHPOC, laureate head right
REVERSE: MHTPOΠO KAICAPIAC, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star, ETЄ in ex
Struck at Cappadocia, Caesarea, Year 5=A.D. 196/7
2.58 g, 17mm
Sydenham 395

 

Today's coin:

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 & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left; INDVLGENTIA AVGG; in exergue: IN CARTH [probable reference to water project in Carthage]. RIC IV-1 266, RSC III 222, Sear RCV II 6285. 18x20 mm., 3.9 g.

 

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
Roman provincial Æ 27.2 mm, 10.7 gm, 8:00.
Thrace, Anchialus, AD 193-211.
Obv: ΑV Κ Λ CЄΠ CЄVΗΡΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩ-Ν, Cybele enthroned left, holding patera, resting left arm on drum, a lion reclines at each side of throne.
Refs: Moushmov 2817; AMNG III 469; Varbanov 213 var. (bust type).

 

Septemberius 6 - a small provincial from Nikopolis with attribution (and possible Auspix connection) thanks to @Jochen1


Septimius Severus Æ 17
(c. 193-211 A.D.)
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum
AV L - CEVHROC, laureate head right / NIKOPOLIT PROC IC, volute krater
Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2020) 8.14.52.1 (same dies); Not in AMNG; not in Varbanov.
(2.65 grams / 17 mm)
eBay April 2021

Attribution Note: "Looking at Patricia Lawrence's provisional study "The Auspex Dies for Septimius and Their Unsigned Counterparts at Nicopolis ad Istrum" it is...possible that the obv of your coin was struck under Auspex."
Jochen1, Coin Talk

"Magistrate Pollenius Auspex...had a very brief time in office in the east before...transfer to Britain,where he was Governor from c. 200-205 AD,
after Severus' defeat of Clodius Albinus."
Vcoins (Incitatus Coins)

 

A coin with both decent condition and a great provenance to a Severan specialist.

Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right
Rev:– VICT AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath in both hands
Minted in Emesa, A.D. 194 - 195
References:– RIC 426 (Rated Rare), RSC 675d. BMCRE 401.

Ex Roger Bickford-Smith Collection, CNG 47, lot 1708. Ex Barry Murphy Collection

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in ex, Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left
Struck at Rome, 204 AD
3.5g, 18mm
RIC IV 266

 

My avatar coin .

 

Beautiful coin @Al Kowsky
Here is my example, obviously from the same dies.

 

Today's coin:

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. Ex. Madroosi Collection (Joe Blazick).

 

Mar. Pistorius, Good observation ! It looks like a double die match . The inscription on your coin appears to be tooled around the 2:00 to 3:00 o'clock area, have you noticed that ?

 

Yes I noticed some tooling but the inscription isn't very obvious for me.
Regardless that I really like the coin

 

Here is a type that I have two examples of. The first one has been my first denarius, while the second one was a gift from @Curtisimo . Thus I am keeping both:


Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 197–198 AD, Rome mint. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head of Septimius Severus r. Rev: ANNONAE AVGG, Annona standing l., holding grain ears and cornucopia, foot on prow. 17mm, 2.61g. Ref: RIC IV.1 Septimius Severus 107.


Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 197–198 AD, Rome mint. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head of Septimius Severus r. Rev: ANNONAE AVGG, Annona standing l., holding grain ears and cornucopia, foot on prow. 17.5mm, 2.93g. Ref: RIC IV.1 Septimius Severus 107. Ex Minotaur Coins; ex @Curtisimo.

 

..welp, i reckon i'd better post one(of 2)..since he is one in the year of the 5, he is on my mind..... AR denarius emperor bust right, winged Victory with wreath left ,18mm, 2.17gms

 

From the eastern early IMP VIII issue comes a sub-series with SEVER in place of SEV. This sub-group is quite scarce in general and throws up some scarcer types for the issue.

Obv:– L SEPT SEVER PERT AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head right
Rev:– INVICTO IMP, Trophy with arms below
Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare, A.D. 196 – 197
References:– RIC -. BMCRE-. RSC-.

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE 16
OBVERSE: AV K Λ CEVHPO, laureate head right
REVERSE: NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTRO, crescent and one star
Struck at Nikopolis, 193-211 AD
3.1g, 16mm
Varbanov 2472, Legend D

 

September 7 - this one is sort of like the one @Bing just posted, but with three little stars rather than a big one - the reverse kind of looks like a smiley face I think (but with a nose)


Septimius Severus Æ 16
(c. 193-211 A.D.)
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum
[AY K Λ C CEVHΡOC], laureate head right / NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC ICTΡ Crescent and three stars.
Varbanov 2554 (or similar).
(2.91 grams / 16 mm)
eBay Feb. 2020

 

I started September as a test to see if I could live without Coin Talk (I have been quite down on it lately!) but it turns out that September was a bad month for the test. Another post made me want to comment so I may as well do this one as well.
This being the 7th, I am behind that many; I'll start:

1. I believe it appropriate to post 'My Favorite Coin' which has been shown here more times than can be counted. I believe I got it in 1963 from Joel Malter but it could have been the year before that.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac6.html

2. The only other coin of Septimius that I still have from my first collection is another 'Emesa' denarius. It is the only one I have with cross supports under the chair. No one cares about that. I do.


3. My current favorite SS coin is this Venus reverse from Alexandria. I once thought it was unique but another similar was sold by CNG not long ago.


More later?