v32_0288 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier

AU/XF

MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier

Date: 211

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,84 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait bien venu à la frappe. Petite usure superficielle sur le corps de l’aigle. Flan très légèrement fendu à 12 heures au droit. Jolie patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

C.84 var. - RIC.191 C - BMC/RE.21 - RSC.84 - H.2/1232 - RCV.7051 (250$) - MRK.49 /282-5

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVO SEVERO PIO.

Obverse description : Tête nue de Septime Sévère à droite (O°).

Obverse translation : “Divo Severo Pio”, (Au divin Sévère pieux).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.

Reverse description : Aigle debout de face sur un globe, les ailes ouvertes, la tête tournée à gauche.

Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).

Commentary

Poids léger. Denier frappé après la mort de Septime Sévère par Caracalla et Géta.

Historical background

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS

(+ 4/02/211)

Consecratio from Caracalla and Geta

Septimius Severus, very ill, finally died in York on February 4, 211. Caracalla and Geta brought their father's ashes back to Rome. They will reign for less than a year, unable to get along, the first ending up murdering the second in the arms of his mother..

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier AU/XF

350.00 €

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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier XF

165.00 €

Full data

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier AU/XF

330.00 €

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v32_0288 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS

(+ 4/02/211)

Consecratio from Caracalla and Geta

Septimius Severus, very ill, finally died in York on February 4, 211. Caracalla and Geta brought their father's ashes back to Rome. They will reign for less than a year, unable to get along, the first ending up murdering the second in the arms of his mother..

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