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A silver denarius of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Jupiter and two children Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193 CE - 211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 209 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.22g
Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG
Laureate head right.
Reverse: P M TR P XVII COS III PP
Jupiter, naked but for cloak over choulders, standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left; to left and right, two small figures, standing facing, looking inwards, heads right and left respectively; each extending right hand towards Jupiter.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6345; RIC IV 226; BMCRE V p.356, 1
BW Ref: 023 038 029
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