Septimius Severus AR Denarius (Salus, RIC IV.1 221)

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, AD 193-211
AR Denarius (20.1mm, 4.69g, 6h)
Struck AD 208. Rome mint
Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate bust of Septimius Severus right
Reverse: P M TR P XVI COS III P P, Salus, draped, seated left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar and holding scepter in left hand
References: RIC IV.1 221; RCV – ; ERIC II 819

Well struck with bright lustrous surfaces. At a whopping 4.69 grams, this coin ranks among the top 10 heaviest denarii recorded for Septimius Severus out of the more than 35,000 specimens listed on Coryssa.org.

Colección : Roman Imperial - the Severan Era