v61_0157 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier

MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 310.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: 211

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,43 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de haut relief. Joli bûcher au revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

C.89 - RIC.191 F - BMC/RE.27 - RSC.89 - H.2/1234 (R3) - RCV.7053 (250$) - MRK.-

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES IV, n° 247 et de la collection D. R

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 : Bûcher funéraire.

Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).

Commentary

Poids très 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

330.00 €

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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier XF

165.00 €

Full data

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier AU/XF

350.00 €

Full data

v61_0157 - 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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