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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3216692, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting thread and lovely coins.&nbsp; I recently got a denarius of Septimius Severus with Apollo reverse.&nbsp; It is, I think, my favorite SS in my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>While researching it, I found some very interesting information on one of Doug Smith&#039;s web pages:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;A very different Apollo is shown on these two Imperial denarii. The god is shown fully clothed and holding his lyre. Both coins identify the subject with legends or I would never have recognized Apollo. The Commodus denarius (left) reads &#039;APOL PAL&#039; identifying the figure as the Palatine Apollo. The statue by Scopas was located on the Palatine Hill. <span style="color: #ff4d4d"> The mint workers under Trajan dedicated a statue of Apollo that is thought to be the one shown on the Alexandria mint coin of Septimius Severus (right). The type was also issued at the Rome mint.</span> This late use could suggest that the statue was still at the mint but the possibility that this coin was simply copied from an earlier model is quite real. The exact pose is known on coins of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/apollo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/apollo.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/apollo.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]836528[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(194-195 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP IIII, laureate head right / APOLLINI AVGVSTO, Apollo standing left with patera and lyre.</p><p>RIC 40; RSC 42; BMC 78</p><p>(3.55 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a short Wikipedia article on the Apollo Barbarini, thought to be the cult statue for the Temple of Apollo on the Palatine Hill (as mentioned in Doug&#039;s article).&nbsp; This is similar to my coin, but if I am reading Doug&#039;s article correctly, the Sept. Severus reverse shows the <i>other</i> Apollo, the statue at the mint.&nbsp; There are similarities for sure:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]836529[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Barberini" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Barberini" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Barberini</a></p><p><br /></p><p>By User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-02-08, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1981764" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1981764" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1981764</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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