NGC Ch XF. Septimius Severus AD 203 AR Denarius. Ancient Roman Silver Coin

  

Septimius Severus (AD 193-217) AR Denarius (3.40g, 19mm, 12h) circa AD 203. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right. / Rev: P M TR P XI COS III P P, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; wheel below seat. RIC 189b; BMCRE 432; RSC 461.

Here at Rare Coins & Collectibles we have pledged to uphold the highest ethical standards. Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus; 11 April 145 - 4 February 211), also known as Severus, was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. Severus was born in Leptis Magna in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the cursus honorum the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus seized power after the death of Emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors. After deposing and killing the incumbent emperor Didius Julianus, Severus fought his rival claimants, the Roman generals Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus. Niger was defeated in 194 at the Battle of Issus in Cilicia. Later that year Severus waged a short punitive campaign beyond the eastern frontier, annexing the Kingdom of Osroene as a new province. Severus defeated Albinus three years later at the Battle of Lugdunum in Gaul. After consolidating his rule over the western provinces, Severus waged another brief, more successful war in the east against the Parthian Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 197 and expanding the eastern frontier to the Tigris. He then enlarged and fortified the Limes Arabicus in Arabia Petraea. In 202 he campaigned in Africa and Mauretania against the Garamantes; capturing their capital Garama and expanding the Limes Tripolitanus along the southern desert frontier of the empire. Late in his reign he travelled to Britain, strengthening Hadrian's Wall and reoccupying the Antonine Wall. In 208 he invaded Caledonia (modern Scotland), but his ambitions were cut short when he fell fatally ill in late 210.

He proclaimed as Augusti (co-emperors) his elder son Caracalla in 198 and his younger son Geta in 209. Severus died in early 211 at Eboracum (today York, England), and was succeeded by his sons, thus founding the Severan dynasty. It was the last dynasty of the Roman empire before the Crisis of the Third Century.

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1. Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
2. Certification Number: 5770814-022
3. Certification: NGC
4. Grade: Ch XF
5. Year: AD 203
6. Composition: Silver
7. Ruler: Septimius Severus
8. Historical Period: Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)
9. Denomination: Denarius
10. Era: Ancient