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A coin of the emperor Septimius Severus with a reverse showing Salus feeding a snake Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193 CE - 211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 197-198 CE.
Size and Weight: 15mm x 16mm, 4.1g
Obverse: Laureate bust right.
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X
Reverse: Salus seated left, holding out a patera to a snake arising from an altar.
SALVTI AVGG
Provenance: bigpuss02 (eBay), May 2007.
Ref: RIC IV 119a
BW Ref: 055 032 108
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