Augustus A.D. 193-211
Silver Denarius
Rome mint, A.D. 202
Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG
Rev: PART MAX P-M TR P X - Trophy flanked by seated captives on either side.
RIC 184
18mm, 3.1g.
Septimius Severus eventually rose to fill the vacuum and quell the chaos caused by the murder of Commodus in A.D. 192. Although his reign has received mixed reviews from historians, he was the patriarch of the Severan dynasty, which, for better or worse, gave a sense of political stability to the empire for the next 40 years.
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