Roman Enamelled Bronze Umbonate Brooch and Silver Denarius Group

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

5/8 - 1 1/4 in. (17.6 grams total, 17-33 mm).

Comprising: two domed umbonate brooches with radiating fretwork design to accept enamel fill; silver coin of Septimius Severus. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Lincolnshire, UK.

Literature

Cf. Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins, Pertinax to Balbinus and Pupienus, London, 1982, p.21, n.58.

Footnotes

This silver denarius belongs to Septimius Severus, probably the mint of Rome, AD 198. On the obverse: [L] SEPT [SEVERVS] PER AVG [P M IMP XI,] laureate head right.

CONDITION

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LOT 1039