silver denarius
Grade: VF / Price $85
SEVERVS PIVS AVG / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, emperor on horseback galloping left, thrusting spear at barbarian warrior who is trampled by horse. References: RIC 238; RSC 556.
Commemorating the Roman victories in Scotland led in AD 210 by Severus' elder son Caracalla.
This is the second coin in a group of six silver denarii of Commodus, Septimius Severus and Caracalla with reverses commemorating Roman military operations in northern Britain in the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries AD. These may be purchased individually at the prices stated or as
a group for $450.
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