Live auction - brm_951186 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier
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| Starting price : | 200 € |
| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 14:38:00 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: 211
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait de Septime Sévère, finement détaillé. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO SEVERO PIO.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Septime Sévère à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Divo Severo Pio”, (Au divin Sévère pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face sur un globe, les ailes ouvertes, la tête tournée à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Denier frappé après la mort de Septime Sévère par Caracalla et Géta.
Historical background
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
(+ 4/02/211)
Consecratio from Caracalla and Geta
Septimius Severus, very ill, finally died in York on February 4, 211. Caracalla and Geta brought their father's ashes back to Rome. They will reign for less than a year, unable to get along, the first ending up murdering the second in the arms of his mother..
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