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Buy or Bid Sale 198  7 July 2016
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Lot 405

Starting price: 368 USD
Price realized: 350 USD
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Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, New-style Syrian Mint, 198 AD, Denarius, 3.51g. Not in the standard catalogues. Obv: L SEPT SEVERVS PER - AVG P M IMP XI Head laureate r. Rx: PAR AR AD - T - R - P VI COS II P P Mars advancing r. holding spear and trophy over shoulder. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Very rare new-style denarius type, only a couple of specimens known. First published by R. Mowat in Revue numismatique 1901, with drawing: that coin apparently from the same reverse die as ours, possibly from the same obverse die too. Not in BMC, RIC, or RSC, who apparently overlooked Mowat's article. Not in CoinArchives Pro, Berk photofile, or Reka Devnia hoard. . EF (525)
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