Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD, AR Denarius, Roma, struck c. 209 AD Brooke and bronze

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making surviving examples increasingly difficult to source

Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD, AR Denarius, Roma, struck c. 209 AD Brooke and bronzeThis Septimius Severus silver Denarius from Roma circa 209 AD Obverse SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Head of Septimius, laureate, right, bearded Reverse: Reverse RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Roma, helmeted, draped to feet, seated left on a round shield, holding palladium on extended right and scepter, nearly vertical, in left: her feet rest on a stool 19. 31mm, 2. 3g, 7h General Restitvtor Vrbis ('Restititor Urbis'), meaning 'Restorer of Rome' symbolises the rebuilding by