Another new purchase is another eastern denarius of Septimius Severus. Septimius Severus Denarius Obv:– L SEPT SEVER PERT - AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head right Rev:– MONET AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 196 - 197 Reference:– BMC 448 Note (citing Cohen 332 (no authority cited)). RIC - (cf 484(a) (rated S)). Cohen 332 This coin has the more unusual SEVER form of the obverse legend. The coin is actually in Cohen without any source cited. It isn't in RIC and is only is in BMCRE as a note, citing Cohen. This coin confirms the coin matching that originally listed in Cohen as existing and I suspect is quite scarce. RIC and BMCRE do have this reverse type with the more usual SEV obverse legend. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L SEPT SEV PER-T AVG IMP VII-I, Laureate head right Rev:– MONET AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 196 - 197 Reference:– BMC 448-9. RIC 484(a) (S). RSC cf. 332. Martin
Hello Martin, Today it is very hot in the Netherland and tomorrow start of the tour de France. Your coin give me also sweat !! I really like your Loadicea denarius, I am still looking for a Tet of him from Loadicea. See my new caracalla !! from L.
I am always on the lookout for the SEVER variants. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L SEPT SEVER PERT AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head right Rev:– VIRTVT-I AVG, Mars walking right holding spear and trophy Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 196-197 Reference(s) – BMCRE -. RIC IV - (cf. RIC 847, an Aureus of the type). RSC -. A very unusual obverse legend with SEVER
Hi, I have the same Moneta of Septimius Severus, but it weights 1.36 gram, while normally a denarius should be 3.41 gr. Do you think that it is a fake?
Show us the image. While we made not be able to positively authticate from an image, it may help anyway.
It would certainly be interesting to see which of the Moneta you have a match to. Since starting this thread I have added a couple of other SEVER variants.... Obv:– L SEPT SEVER PERT - AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head right Rev:– MINER VIC-TRIC, Minerva standing left, holding sceptre, resting right hand on shield Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 196 - 197 Reference:– BMCRE -. Cohen -. RIC -. RSC -. 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
This is my denarius Moneta of Septimius Severus, IMP VIII. However it weights only 1.36 g Usually a denarius should be 3.41 g. Is it a fake?
Based on the images alone it would appear to be genuine. I suspect that the ground conditions have leeched the copper out of the coin leading to the light weight. This will mean that the resultant coin will be brittle.
