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LOT 3384
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 201-210. Rome mint.
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel below. RIC 264a; BMCRE 327; RSC 181. Good Very Fine.(3.10gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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