Roman Imperial Coins
Lot 5325 Session 17 (11.30am Friday) Roman Imperial Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $60
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, (A.D. 193-211), silver denarius, Emesa mint, issued A.D. 194, (2.92 grams), obv. laureate head of Septimius Severus to right, around [IMP C]AE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, rev. around BONA SPES, Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting skirt, (S.6266, RIC 364, RSC 58). Very fine and very scarce.
Ex Marc Melcher Collection. In the Reka Devnia Hoard of 81,044 coins, some 7256 were of Septimius Severus and only 24 were of this type.
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