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Lot 1137

Estimate: 50 GBP
Price realized: 50 GBP
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; two children standing to left and right at feet. RIC IV 233; BMCRE 18; RSC 539. 3.08g, 19mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From the collection of Z.P., Austria.

The children protected by Jupiter are obviously Caracalla and Geta, as one is clearly taller than the other. Thus, the reverse ensures that the succession is protected by Jupiter.
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