Septimius Severus (193-211 AD) ~ AR Drachm ~ NGC Choice Extra Fine

CAPPADOCIA. Caesarea. Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). AR drachm (18mm, 11h). NGC Choice XF. Dated Regnal Year 16 (AD 207/8). AY KAI Λ CЄΠ CЄOYHPOC, laureate head of Septimius Severus right / MHTP K-AICAPI NЄΩ, Mount Argaeus surmounted by a star; ЄT ΙΣ (date) in exergue. Sydenham, Caesarea -. SNG von Aulock 6468.

NGC CERT #: 6057695-006

NGC DESCRIPTION: CAPPADOCIA, CAESAREA, Sept. Severus, AD 193-211, AR Drachm, yr. 16 (AD 207/8)

NGC GRADE: Choice Extra Fine

ABOUT THE COIN:

Drachm is an ancient Greek currency unit issued by many Greek city states during a period of ten centuries, from the Archaic period throughout the Classical period, the Hellenistic period up to the Roman period under Greek Imperial Coinage.  This coin is about the size of a US Roosevelt Dime.

Lucius Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from 193 to 211.  As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.  Severus seized power after the death of the emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors.

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