VICTORIA PARTHICA MAXIMA

VICTORIA PARTHICA MAXIMA
Gold aureus, Rome, 204 A.D.
   
Obv. IMPP INVICTI PII AVGG; Jugate, laur., draped and cuirassed busts r. of Severus and Caracalla.
Rev. VICTORIA PARTHICA MAXIMA; Victory advancing l., holding wreath and palm.

   

   RIC (Severus) 311; BMCRE p.205, 265; Cohen (Severus and Caracalla) 8; Calicó 2597-2597b; Hill 709
Note: Cohen (S & C) 9 (= Hill 714A) records a denarius of these types, but specimen in B.M. (BMCRE 265 note and pl. 33, 13) is a cast forgery, and Hill say the issue requires confirmation.
   

Picture credit: Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG (Auction 38), 21.3.2007, lot 99

 
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