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- Model: Dea Celestis denarius thunder
The INDVLGENTIA type of Septimius is one of the most picturesque and also one of the most common (in silver) of the period. Most people do not realize, however, that there are four distinct reverse types:1) Dea Caelestis, looking to front, riding a lion leaping to the right, holding a thunderbolt and scepter; 2) Dea Caelestis, looking right, riding a lion leaping to the right, holding a thunderbolt and scepter; 3) Dea Caelestis, looking to front, riding a lion leaping to the right, holding a drum and scepter; 4) Dea Caelestis, looking front, riding a lion leaping to the right, holding a drum, no scepter. The first two varieties are the most common. The third variety is very rare. The last variety is extremely rare.
Septimius Severus, 193-211. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.14 gr), Rome, 203. SEVERVS PIVS AVG Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. INDVLGENTIA AVGG / IN CARTH Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt in her right hand and scepter in her left, looking foreward on lion leaping to right, with crag to left from which water flows. BMC 335. Cohen 222. RIC 266 Very fine
