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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 210-211. SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / VICTORIAE BRIT, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm. RIC 332; RSC 727. 2.97g, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine, lustrous metal, lightly toned.
This issue was likely struck to celebrate the peace which Septimius Severus concluded with the tribesmen of Caledonia early in 210. Dio Cassius mentions that Severus and Caracalla rode forward together in order to receive their arms and discuss the details of the truce" (77, 14, 3), but goes on to explain that the peace did not last long. Although Severus was determined to defeat the Caledonians, the illness that eventually took his life had confined him to his quarters, preventing him from leading the army further. "
Good Very Fine, lustrous metal, lightly toned.
This issue was likely struck to celebrate the peace which Septimius Severus concluded with the tribesmen of Caledonia early in 210. Dio Cassius mentions that Severus and Caracalla rode forward together in order to receive their arms and discuss the details of the truce" (77, 14, 3), but goes on to explain that the peace did not last long. Although Severus was determined to defeat the Caledonians, the illness that eventually took his life had confined him to his quarters, preventing him from leading the army further. "