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Live auction - brm_532933 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier AU
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Estimate : 520 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 04 June 2019 15:09:56
Type : Denier
Date: 211
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête divinisée de Sévère. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

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 à droite sur un autel enguirlandé (cippe), les ailes repliées, tournant la tête à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).

Commentary


Ce type de denier est de loin le plus rare des types de consécration restitués par Caracalla et Géta. P. V. Hill le classe (R4) d’après la liste de trésors (26) dressés par l’auteur correspondant seulement à un exemplaire recensé.

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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