Beschreibung
Material: Bronze
Gewicht: 22,12 g
Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 198 AD, Sestertius, 22.12g. Unpublished middle-period sestertius type. Obv: L SEPT SEV AVGIMP XI PART MAX, Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: VICT PARTHICAE around (legend weak), SC across field, Victory advancing l., holding wreath and trophy, at her feet captive seated l. with arms tied behind back. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Empire Coins, March 1995. Apparently unique, and only the second recorded sestertius of Septimius Severus that uses this middle-period obverse legend ending IMP XI PART MAX. For the first such coin, with reverse legend VICTORIAE AVGG FEL SC, see BMC-p. 315 (confirmation required, since Cohen-722 cites no source).Green patina on obverse; isolated rough surfaces on reverse. aVF
