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Septimius severus - LIBER wine god reserverse rare! (s1838)

Septimius severus - LIBER wine god reserverse rare! (s1838)
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Septimius severus - LIBER wine god reserverse rare! (s1838)
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  • Model: LIBER PATRI
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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (17mm - 3.3 g). Rome mint. Struck 197 AD. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII, laureate head right / LIBERO PATRI, Liber standing facing, head left, crowning himself and holding thyrsos; panther at feet left. RIC IV 99; BMCRE 222; RSC 304

Liber, a Latin form of Dionysos, was, along with Hercules, one of the patron gods of Septimius Severus, and he appears here to honor the triumph over Clodius Albinus.