Septimius Severus ADVENTVS AR Denarius Roman Empire 196-197 AD Silver Coin Museum Reproduction CSRD0148

Septimius Severus received eleven imperatorial acclamations for victories. Which event is referred to by which acclamation number has been revised. RIC (published in 1936), BMC (published in 1975), and Birley (in Septimius Severus, published in 1988) say VIII refers to the fall of Byzantium in late 195, which had initially been the headquarters of Niger and held out for two long years–long after Niger had left it and been killed much further east at the Battle of Issus (c. April, 194). However, Curtis Clay demonstrated in his 1972 Oxford thesis on Septimius Severus that IMP VIII refers to the defeat of Albinus (redated to Feb. 19. 196). (He has the Fall of Byzantium as either IMP VI or VII; they were nearly simultaneous.) So, this coin was issued at Rome for Septimius’s return to Rome c. summer 196.
DESIGN:
Obverse side
Laureate head right
Legend:
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII

Reverse side
Emperor on horseback, raising right hand in greeting
Legend:
ADVENTVI AVG FELICISSMO

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