Denarius of Septimius Severus, "ADVENTI AVGVSTI FELICISSIMO"

Inscriptions

Obverse: Bust of Septimius Severus, facing right, laureate. Legend: L(ucius) SEPT(imius) SEV(erus) PERT(inax) AVG(ustus) IMP(erator) VIII (Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Emperor for the eighth time) clockwise from six o’clock . Reverse: Figure on horseback, facing right, wielding a spear lowered for a charge. Legend: ADVENTI AVG(usti) FELICISSIMO (For the most prosperous arrival of Augustus) clockwise from nine o’clock.

Course History

CLST 18, HIST 94.6, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2012

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

Exhibition History

Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Yale University Collection-Sharing Initiative, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 5-June 24, 2012.

Publication History

IMPERIUM ROMANUM IN NUMMIS, The Roman Empire in and on Its Coinage, a booklet with entries created by Dartmouth students and Professor Roberta Stewart, Spring 2012, no. 30, Myles Christian, Class of 2014.2012

Provenance

Dr. Joseph DeGregorio, Glen Ridge, New Jersey; given to present collection, 2011.

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