[Home, My eBay, Site Map] [eBay logo] [to Browse, Sell, Services, Search, Help, and Community] [Browse Sub-Navigation] WCNC.SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.Denar.FORTUNA REDUX.AU Item #223108104 Coins & Stamps:Coins:Non-US:Ancient, Medieval [Image] Bidding is closed for this item. [Image] [Show description]Currently $49.00 First bid $1.00 Quantity 1 # of bids 14 (bid history) [Leave feedback] (with emails) (to seller) Time left Auction has Location California (to bidder) ended. 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Description [Image] ROMAN EMPIRE SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, Emperor AD 193-211 Silver Denarius circa AD 202 Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG His laureated bearded head right Reverse: FORTVNA REDVX Fortuna seated left holding cornucopia and rudder [Image] Reference: Sear-, Van Meter 38 Grade: Choice About Uncirculated Scarce Strong expressive portrait Great reverse Well centered, with lustre The coin refers to the return of Severus to Rome after the second eastern campaign WCNC accepts checks or money orders Buyer pays appropriate insured shipping California residents add 7.75% sales tax Lucius Septimius Severus accentuated the military and despotic character of the imperial office. He was born April 11, 146, in Leptis Magna (near the modern city of Homs, Libya). After receiving a law education in Rome, Severus held a number of military and political titles. He became quaestor militaris in the province of Baetica in Spain in 172, and by 190 he was governor of Pannonia, a Roman province in central Europe. When the Roman emperor Lucius Aelius Commodus was murdered in 192, the Roman consul Publius Helvius Pertinax became emperor. He, in turn, was slain a year later, and Severus, determined to avenge his death, returned to Rome with his army. Severus became emperor after the murder of Didius Severus Julianus, who had succeeded Pertinax by purchasing the throne from the Praetorian Guard. Severus punished the murderers of Pertinax and disbanded the praetorian troops, reorganizing the guard on entirely new principles. In 194, he defeated the Roman governor of Syria, Gaius Pescennius Niger, a rival for the throne, and captured the ancient city of Byzantium. He fought in Gaul with the Roman general Decimus Clodius Albinus who had been proclaimed emperor by his legions after the death of Pertinax and who was conquered by Severus in 197. After his brilliant success against the Parthians of Persia who had invaded Mesopotamia in Asia, Severus sailed to Britain to quell a revolt there in 208. He traveled with his army to the north of the island where he led an expedition against the Caledonians and reestablished Hadrian's Wall as the northern boundary of Roman Britain. He died at York on February 4, 211 and was succeeded by his son, Caracalla. Severus's reign marks a period of both jurisdictional and military reform. He allowed veteran officers to hold civil service jobs, improved the soldiers' conditions, created a new imperial treasury, and reduced the power of the Senate and the Italian aristocracy. Encarta 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Image] Bidding Bidding is closed for this item. If you're the seller or the high bidder - now what? 1. Contact each other. 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