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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 7897528, member: 96898&quot;]This type was likely minted to celebrate Septimius Severus&#039; sea voyage to Britain in 208 AD.&nbsp; There is some bitter irony in this: he was never to return from this campaign. Septimius Severus died at York (Eboracum) in 211 AD, one year after this coin was struck:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363784[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 210 AD, Rome mint. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: P M TR P XVIII COS III P P; Neptune, naked except for cloak over l. shoulder and r. arm, standing l., r. foot set on globe, holding trident in l. hand. 19 mm., 3,54 g Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 234.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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