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Septimius Severus - Roman Emperor: 193-211 A.D. -
Silver Denarius 18mm (1.99 grams) Rome mint: 209 A.D.
Reference: RIC IV 226; BMCRE 1; RSC 525
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right.
PM TRP XVII COS III PP, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter; children at his feet clinging to chlamys and scepter.
* Numismatic Note: This was most likely a propaganda issue with Septimius Severus as Jupiter and the two children at his feet being Caracalla and Geta. \