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Lot 69. Septimius Severus AE Sestertius, LEG XIIII reverse

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Septimius Severus AE Sestertius, LEG XIIII reverse

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Bidding closed (Sunday, June 17th, 19:34:30 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 06:48:00 CET

Price realised: CHF 80.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 85.94 / USD 89.53 / GBP 71.46

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #7, Lot 69. Estimate: CHF 100.00

Septimius Severus (193-211 AD). AE Sestertius (28 mm, 21.60 g), Roma (Rome), 193 AD.
Obv. IMP CAES L SEPT SEV PERT AVG, laureate head right.
Rev. LEG XIIII GEM M V / TR P COS, legionary eagle between two standards.
RIC IV, 1, p. 180, 652 (R).

Rare. Flan fault on obverse, otherwise, about very fine.

The Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix was either levied by Julius Caesar in 57 BC or by Octavian in 41/40 BC. In 118/119 AD, she moved her headquarter to Carnuntum in Pannoniae, where she played a key role in the proclamation of the Pannonian governor Septimius Severus to emperor in 193 AD; an event commemorated by this Sestertius.



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