<— Last coin ----------     What I Like About Ancient Coins     ---------- Next coin —>

A holed and battered coin of the emperor Septimius Severus showing the emperor on horseback Coin Type: Holed silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 202-210 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 2.62g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
SEVERVS PIVS AVG
Reverse: Septimius on horseback left with raised hand and spear; before him, soldier holding vexillum and restraining the horse by its bridle.
ADV-ENT AVGG
Provenance: David Connors (Vcoins), October 2005
Ref: RCV (2002) 6255; RIC 248; BMCRE V p213, 305
BW Ref: 029 036 048
Click on the picture for a larger scale view of the coin

The content of this page was last updated on 22 December 2007