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Septimius Severus Bonvs Eventvs Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: "Emesa", 194 CE.
Size and Weight: 17.6mm, 2.35g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
IMP CAE L SEP SEV PER AVG COS II
Note: Normal obverse legend has "PERT"
Reverse: Fides standing left. holding a dish of fruit in front in right hand at shoulder level, two corn ears trailed behind in left hand.
BONI EV - ENTVS
Ref: RCV (2002) 6267 var; RIC 369 var; BMCRE V p91, 343 var (PER instead of PERT in obverse legend)
BW Ref: 031 027 052
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