RSC 327d cf.

Septimius Severus. AR denarius, Emesa mint, struck 194 CE; 17mm, 3.09g, 7h. cf. BMCRE p. 96 ∬, cf. RIC 409A (Lawrence), cf. RSC 327d. Obv: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG II CO; head laureate r. Rx: MIN–E–R – VICT; Minerva seated l. on shield, holding Victory and spear. Very rare; unlisted and possibly the 2nd known with this combination of obv. and rev. legends. VF.

This obv. legend variant with II CO seems to be known from a single die; this collector has located only 6 other coins that have been struck from it. The present coin has been identified as the 7th coin, 4th rev. type, and 5th rev. die.

Die duplicate:

1. MINER VICT: Martin Griffiths Collection

Obv. die link:

1. BONAE SPEI •: RIC 366a, RSC 60, BM no. 1874,0714.31
2. BONAE SPEI: RIC 366a, RSC 60, CNG MBS 61, 25 September 2002, 1911
3. BONI E-VENTVC [sic]: cf. RIC 369 note var., RSC 65c corr. var., Rauch 101, 19 April 2016, 1635
4. Same as previous, different dies, Doug Smith Collection
5. VICTOR IVST AVG: RIC 362A, RSC 740a, CGB Monnaies 21, 18 June 2004, 2728

Reference:

• Trustees of the British Museum, “1874,0714.31,” Collection online (London, n.d.), (obv. die link).

Référence : cf. RIC 409A; cf. RSC 327d

Collection : Septimius Severus: Denarii of Emesa