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.
