Rome, Septimius Severus, Denarius, Genius Reverse - 206 CE - Roman Empire

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Roman Empire
• Authority: Emperor Septimius Severus
• Date: 206 CE
• Denomination: AR (silver) denarius
• Mint: Rome, Italy
• Size: 19mm, 3.74g
• Type Number: RIC IV Septimius Severus 201
• Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG - Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
• Reverse: P M TR P XIIII COS III P P - Genius, naked, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over garlanded and lighted altar, left, and holding corn-ears in left hand
• Notes: In Roman religion, the genius is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing. Much like a guardian angel, the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died.

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