Numismatica Ars Classica
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Septimius Severus, 193 – 211.
Aureus circa 193, AV 7.34 g. IMP CAE·L·SEP SE – V·PERT·AVG Laureate head r. Rev. LEG·XIIII·GEM·M·V Legionary eagle between two standards; two small capricorns projecting outward from standards. In exergue, TR P COS. C 271. BMC 18. Calicó 2472a.
Extremely rare. A very interesting and fascinating issue, struck on a large flan
and with a light reddish tone. Extremely fine
Ex Herrero 31 May 2017, 144 and Roma XX, 2020, 625 sales.
Among the very first coins issued by Septimius Severus were legionary types in gold, silver and base metal. He derived the type from the famous 'legionary denarii' of Marc Antony struck 225 years before. This type had been revisited on more than one occasion: it inspired issues of the rebel Clodius Macer on the 100th anniversary of Actium, and was copied almost verbatim on a joint issue of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus on the 200th anniversary of Actium. Like Marc Antony, Severus issued his coins for numerous legions. This coin is dedicated to the Legion XIV Gemina, which in 60 earned the additional title Martia Victrix for its role in the defeat of the British queen Boudicca, and at the time Severus came to power was probably stationed in Pannonia. Curiously, of all the legions Severus honours on this coinage, the IV Scythia, a legion he once commanded, is absent.
Aureus circa 193, AV 7.34 g. IMP CAE·L·SEP SE – V·PERT·AVG Laureate head r. Rev. LEG·XIIII·GEM·M·V Legionary eagle between two standards; two small capricorns projecting outward from standards. In exergue, TR P COS. C 271. BMC 18. Calicó 2472a.
Extremely rare. A very interesting and fascinating issue, struck on a large flan
and with a light reddish tone. Extremely fine
Ex Herrero 31 May 2017, 144 and Roma XX, 2020, 625 sales.
Among the very first coins issued by Septimius Severus were legionary types in gold, silver and base metal. He derived the type from the famous 'legionary denarii' of Marc Antony struck 225 years before. This type had been revisited on more than one occasion: it inspired issues of the rebel Clodius Macer on the 100th anniversary of Actium, and was copied almost verbatim on a joint issue of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus on the 200th anniversary of Actium. Like Marc Antony, Severus issued his coins for numerous legions. This coin is dedicated to the Legion XIV Gemina, which in 60 earned the additional title Martia Victrix for its role in the defeat of the British queen Boudicca, and at the time Severus came to power was probably stationed in Pannonia. Curiously, of all the legions Severus honours on this coinage, the IV Scythia, a legion he once commanded, is absent.