{"product_id":"howard-ancient-greece-ar-stater-pegasus-18k-gold-mount-copy-copy","title":"Ancient Greece - AR  Denarius - Septimus Severus - 193-211 AD","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-product-template\" class=\"shopify-section\"\u003e\n\u003csection data-section-type=\"product-template\" data-section-id=\"product-template\" data-reviews=\"false\" data-swatches=\"true\" class=\"product-single wrapper product--product-template\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid--full\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item large--one-half product-description-wrapper text-left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-form-wrapper=\"\"\u003e\u003cform method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/ownapieceofhistory.biz\/cart\/add\" id=\"AddToCartForm--product-template\" class=\"product-form\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" data-swatches=\"true\" data-enable-button=\"true\" data-enable-quickview-button=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e AR Denarius                                                                  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e193-211 AD\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMount:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sterling Silver with 14K prongs                                                    \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.95 gm\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrade:\u003c\/strong\u003e NGC - 6829688-008 Ch VF                                                            \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMint\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRome      \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptimius Severus, AR Denarius, Rome, 193-194 AD. Obverse: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III, laureate head right. Reverse: VICT AVG TR P II COS II PP, Victory walking right, holding wreath and palm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistory:  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLucius Septimius Severus (AD 145–211) was born in what is now Libya and became Roman emperor in AD 193 after a ruthless campaign against his rivals. He rose from relative mediocrity to start a new dynasty and his tenure as emperor was characterized by battling usurpers and brutal military campaigns in Parthia and Britain. Although his campaigns to the north of Hadrian’s Wall were cut short by his death, their effects on the frontier are visible to this day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe alliance with Albinus did not hold. In AD 195, Severus made his elder son, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (known as Caracalla), ‘Caesar’, and therefore successor. Severus’ wife, Julia Domna, became \u003cem\u003emater castoreum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor ‘mother of the camps’ in an apparent effort to give prominence to his family and establish a dynasty. This snub to Albinus precipitated a further civil war with his former ally, who proclaimed himself emperor. However, Severus comprehensively defeated Albinus’ legions at the battle of Lugdunum (now Lyon, France). 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