233, Lot: 343. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.79 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 204. Laureate head right / Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia. RIC IV 276; RSC 293. VF.
From the John Bitner Collection of Secular Games Coinage.
Severus' celebration of the Secular Games of 204 were apparently calculated from the actual date of the celebration of the Augustan festival.