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Lot 769

Estimate: 30 GBP
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 197. L SEPT SEV P[ERT AVG IMP VIIII], laureate head right / MVNIFI[CENTIA AVG], elephant walking right. RIC 100; BMCRE 224; RSC 349. 3.24g, 18mm, 12h.

Good Fine; toned.

From a private European collection.

Intended to ensure the continued loyalty of the people of Rome in the aftermath of his defeat of Clodius Albinus, Septimius Severus held public games and gave a second liberality in mid-AD 197, events commemorated with this reverse type.
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