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Numismatic Auction 61  27 September 2016
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Lot 170

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 875 USD
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Septimius Severus. A.D. 193-211. AR denarius (19 mm, 3.13 g, 7 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 202. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild donkey and a panther attacking a bison. RIC 274; BMCRE 343; RSC 253. VF. Very Rare.
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