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Silvered copper-alloy forgery of denarius of Septimius Severus
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Lydia Prosser, 2019-02-15 12:30:47
Title
Silvered copper-alloy forgery of denarius of Septimius Severus
Description
English: Roman silver-plated copper-alloy forgery of a denarius of Septimius Severus, dating to c. 202 - 410 AD. The coin is a mule, combining the obverse of denarii struck 200 - 202 AD with a reverse type belonging to coins minted at Rome between 202 - 210 AD, and Emisa between 194 - 195 AD. Of the two, those from the Rome mint are probably what this forger drew upon, therefore dating the production of this coin to any time after c. 202 AD. The forger obviously didn't know (or care) whether s/he used the correct combination of types, as long as they both appeared, at some time, on Severus' coinage. Obverse of right-facing laureate bust: SEVERVS AVG [PART M]AX. Reverse of seated Fortuna: [FORTVNA] REDVX. The coin is 19.54mm in diameter, 2.95mm in thickness and weighs 2.74g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Rutland
Date between 202 and 410
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 940251
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1045920
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1045920/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/940251
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Object location52° 40′ 37.92″ N, 0° 33′ 03.4″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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