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Silver(ed) Denarius - Æ 16-18 mm - 4 grams - Die axis 12:00 - Struck AD 203. |
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L (?) SEVERVS PIVS AVG (Lucius Severus Pius Augustus - L.S. the Pious Augustus).
Laureate bust of bearded emperor facing right. |
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PART MAX PM TR P X COS III PP (Parthicus Maximus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas
Consulares Tertius Pater Patriae - Greatest Conqueror of the Parthians, Highest Priest, 10
Times holder of the Tribunician Power, Consul for the 3rd time, Father of the Country).
Two captives, sitting, hands bound at their back, facing outward. Sitting under a trophy
consisting of a helmet, crossed spears with shields and a cuirass. |
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If an original than TR P X suggests AD 203. COS III confirms this (after AD 202). Quality
of metal suggests an ancient forgery. Also suggesting a forgery is the fact that the obverse
legend wrong : it should have been SEVERVS PIVS AVG only (imitating RIC 185)- unless the L is a
die break.
The obverse die is of high quality and could have been done with the official die. The reverse
die is of much worse quality, the lettering is worn, thick and flat. I wouldn't wonder at all
if this was done with official dies ...
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good. |
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