Septimius Severus Silver Denarius

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Description

Obverse: Laureate bust right, SEVERS PIVS AVG.

Reverse: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, Dea Caelestis (Celestial Goddess) holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Seated facing on lion leaping right over water. IN CARTH in ex.

Size: 21.89 mm.

Weight: 3.69 grams.

Reference: RIC 266, RSC 222.

“This type records some special mark of favour shown by the emperors to Carthage, capital of Severus’s native province. Possibly linked to a new viaduct and the Celestial Goddess, the principle deity of Carthage.

Ex DNW.

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