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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7878786, member: 99456&quot;]Glad your test failed, and I hope you can tune out the noise and enjoy the rest - I always appreciate your contributions, insights, and thoughtful challenges.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice pile on thread [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER].&nbsp; I am just discovering this thread almost 1/3rd of the way through September, so I&#039;ll start with my largest Septimius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna the &quot;home bringer&quot;, commemorating Septimius&#039; safe return to Rome from the West (Gaul) in 196 AD. Septimius Severus defeated Clodius Albinus in Feb 196 at the Battle of Lugdunum.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1358440[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b>, AD 193-211, Æ Sestertius, Rome mint, struck AD 196</p><p><b>Obv:</b> SEPT SEV PERT AVG IIMP VIII. Laureate head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel below seat, S C in exergue</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC IV <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.720a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.720a" rel="nofollow">720a</a></p><p><b>Ref: </b>With thanks to [USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER]&nbsp; and a <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=107372.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=107372.0" rel="nofollow">discussion in forum</a>, providing an overview of evidence that Feb 19, 196 (not 197) is the date of Clodius Albinus&#039; defeat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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