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Buy or Bid Sale 198  7 July 2016
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Lot 393

Starting price: 333 USD
Price realized: 475 USD
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Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 210 AD, Denarius, 3.16g. BM-24, pl. 53.14; C-556 (Wiczay Coll., 5 Fr.); RIC-238. Obv: SEVERVS - PIVS AVG Head laureate r. Rx: P M TR P XVIII COS III P P Septimius, bearded, on horseback l. about to hurl spear at enemy falling to ground before horse; enemy holds sword and shield and seems to be wearing cap or crown. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. A rare reverse type commemorating Severus' attack on the tribes of Scotland. Only about twenty specimens recorded, including one in Reka Devnia hoard. Not in Paris by Cohen's day; the BMC specimen is well worn. . EF (475)
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