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Aureus with bust of Septimius Severus

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 202
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 7.36 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number2008.171
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, to the right.
SEVERVSPIVS AVGPMTRPX
Reverse: Frontal bust of Julia Domna, draped, between laureate and draped bust of Caracalla, on the left facing right, and draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, on the right facing left.
FELICITAS SAECVLI
Provenance1991, private collection, United States; May 15, 1991, anonymous sale (Auction 52, from “a distinguished American collection”), Bank Leu, A.G., Zurich, lot 223. April 2, 2008, anonymous sale (Auction 46), Numismatica Ars Classica, Zurich, lot 617, to Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago; 2008, sold by Berk to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2008)