weight 2,20gr. | silver Ø 19mm.
obv. Laureate head of Severus right, surrounded
by the legend SEVERVS AVG PART MAX
translation: Severus Augustus Parthicus Maximus =
Severus, emperor (Augustus), great conqueror of the Parthians.
rev. Victory, winged, draped, flying left, holding wreath
in both hands over shield set on low base, surrounded by
the legend P M TR P VIII COS II P P
translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Octava,
Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae = High priest, holder of
tribunician power for the eighth time, consul for the second
time, father of the nation.
Septimius Severus campaigned in the Middle East to stabilize the Roman frontier and punish client kingdoms that had allied with his rival, Pescennius Niger, during the Roman Civil War. For his military successes in Arabia, Parthia, and Adiabene, he was awarded with the titles ″Pathicus Arabicus″ and ″Parthicus Adiabenicus″ by the Senate in 195 AD. In 195, a Roman invasion of Mesopotamia began under the Emperor Septimius Severus, who occupied Seleucia and Babylon, and then sacked Ctesiphon yet again in 197. The title ″Parthicus Maximus″ ("Greatest Conqueror of Parthia") was officially awarded to emperor Septimius Severus by the Roman Senate in 198 AD. It celebrated his successful military campaigns against the Parthian Empire, which included the sacking of the Parthian capital, Ctesiphon. Minting these victories on the coins was a way for the emperor to solidify his legitimacy, flaunt his martial success, and unify the Roman public behind him. Parthia ultimately fell not to the Romans, but to the Sassanids under Ardashir I, who entered Ctesiphon in 226. Under Ardashir and his successors, Persian-Roman conflict continued between the Sassanid Empire and Rome.
Cohen 454 | RIC 150 | BMC 189,75 | Sear 6333
very minor roughness
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