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Coin of Septimius Severus (© British Museum)
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© British Museum

Coin of Septimius Severus (© British Museum)

Coin of Septimius Severus

Artist: Artist not known

Location: British Museum

Date: 197

Materials: gold

Dimensions: diameter: 0.2cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £7,999)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 4553 (1998)

Provenance:
Not known

Description:
Aureus of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (reigned AD193-211). Obverse has portrait bust in profile. Reverse has a standing figure raising the right hand and holding a whip in the left.

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