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Septimius Severus Fortuna Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: "Emesa", 194 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm, 2.8g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II
Reverse: Fortuna standing left. holding in one hand a cornucopia, and in the other, holding a patera over a lit altar.
FORTUNA REDVCI
Ref: RCV (2002) —; RIC IV 385; BMCRE V p93, 363
BW Ref: 013 027 019
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