Septimius Severus Emesa Ric VI 435 Trophy, Two Captives

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pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 06/19/2025 05:06 am Dear friends, I want to share the latest purchase of S. Severus Denarius Emesa RIC VI 435. Obverse: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, laureate head right. Reverse: T R P III IMP V COS II, Trophy consisting of helmet, cuirass, shields. two captives seated back-to-back at its base, each wearing peaked cap and long robe. The coin is worn, and I could not see COS (II?) at the end of the reverse legend. There are not much S. Severus Denarius Emesa RIC VI 435 of that legend and I could not find the same die to see clearly COS II. Please help to attribute the coin. May be these are die breaks? Edited by pastpost 06/20/2025 01:14 am Report this Post to the Staff

maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2099 Posts	Posted 06/20/2025 04:27 am Hi. Your reverse suffers from an off-centre, uneven strike. Lots of what is not visible is due to this bad strike. The rest is down to good old-fashioned wear. Does the missing "T AVG COS" from the obverse correspond to the large area from 1200 - 0500 on the reverse? I have no doubt at all that the reverse legend did end COS II but I have not been able to find a reverse die in my records. In fact there are so many reverse dies I have not found too may die matches at all. I suspect that type this was produced in quite some volume compared to some of the earlier issues. I have a couple of examples in my collection. The following coin being badly chipped. I have what I consider to be an interesting contemporary "barbarous" imitation of the type. Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 06/20/2025 04:47 am @maridvnvm - Many thanks for your reply. Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 06/30/2025 11:14 am Maybe I found the same die denarius. It's COS II . Report this Post to the Staff
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