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  [Image]                               Item Sold At Auction #7
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                  Web Product ID: 1151
                  Estimate: $75.00
                  Final Sale Price: $220.00
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                  Denomination: Denarius
                  Grade: Good VF
                  Reference: RIC IV 336; RSC 730




  Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.21 gm). Struck 210 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG
  BRIT, laureate head right / VICTORIAE BRIT, Victory standing facing, head right,
  holding long palm and placing a small round shield on palm. RIC IV 336; BMCRE 57;
  Hill 1139; RSC 730. Good VF. Estimate $75.



  The reverse of this coin alludes to the Severan campaign in Britain, circa 208-211
  AD. The aim seems to have been to extend Roman control over the unconquered region
  north of Hadrian’s Wall, today’s Scotland. Though the Romans overran the lowlands,
  the Picts simply melted into the mountains and forests to conduct a long-running
  guerrilla war. His infirmities worsened by the climate, Septimius Severus died at
  York in 211 AD; his sons Caracalla and Geta simply “declared victory and went home,”
  leaving Scotland unconquered. The campaign does seemed to have somewhat pacified the
  northlands, however--no serious attacks on the Roman-controlled provinces south of
  Hadrian’s Wall are recorded for more than a century and a half.


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