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Numismatic Auction 53  5 April 2016
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Lot 198

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 60 USD
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Septimius Severus. A.D. 193-211. AR denarius (19.1 mm, 3.41 g, 7 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 203. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH, the Dea Caelestis seated facing on lion galloping right over rushing waters, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC 266; BMCRE 335; RSC 222. VF.

This coin type was issued to commemorate numerous renovations and additions to the city of Carthage, most importantly, a new aqueduct. Dea Caelestis was the patron goddess of Carthage.
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