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Lot 3636    Session 12 (11.30am Thursday)    Roman Silver & Bronze

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $130

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, (A.D. 193-211), silver denarius, Emesa mint, issued A.D. 194, (3.270 grams), obv. laureate head of Septimius Severus to right, around IMP CAE 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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