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EMPEROR RIDING HORSE SILVER ROMAN COIN PENDANT IN 14KY GOLD 196 A.D. Horse jewelry takes on a new meaning with this 14K gold pendant featuring a genuine ancient Roman coin. This beautiful antiquity from the days of the Roman Empire is an excellent example of EQUESTRIAN ART in the ancient period. This is a very high grade authentic Roman silver denarius coin of the emperor Septimius Severus and was minted in 196 A.D.. It has been mounted with the reverse side showing outward and depicts an extremely crisp and well-preserved image of the emperor riding on his horse in full battle dress. The artwork is very well-centered and the detail and relief of the image is much better than appears in the photo above. The high-polished 14 karat yellow gold pendant features a classic ancient key design style which contrasts well with the bright silver of the ancient coin. An African by birth, Septimius Severus joined the Roman army as a young man and worked his way up through the ranks. He was a superstitious man and often consulted astrologers concerning his future. According to the accounts given in the Historia Augusta, or the Lives of the Later Caesars, there were many favorable omens that predicted that Septimius would one day become emperor. He married the brilliant and beautiful Julia Domna, whose horoscope also predicted that she would marry an emperor, even though Septimius was a young army officer at the time. She was the daughter of a high priest of Elagabal, a god that was popular in Syria during the Third Century A.D. Domna, like other women of the Severan Dynasty, held a position of great power during the reign of Septimius Severus and his sons. Septimius Severus spent much of his time away from Rome putting down rebellions and dealing with rivals. He even campaigned in Britain against the wild and unruly Scots who were harassing the civilized towns of Roman Britain. The legendary Scottish hero Fingal was supposed to have fought successfully against the Roman legions of Septimius Severus in defense of the cherished liberty of the Scots. Septimius Severus took his two sons, Geta and Caracalla to Britain with him in order to get them away from a life of luxury in Rome and expose them to the virtues of life in a rough Roman army camp. Before Severus died at York, he told his sons to cooperate with each other in ruling the Empire together. The last words of advice to his sons he spoke as he lay dying in this Roman outpost so far from the civilized center of the empire expressed more a hope than a command. "Rule together as brothers, enrich the soldiers, and forget about everybody else." A fascinating artifact of history! Tired of the same boring designs in HORSE JEWELRY ? This piece is both, a superb and highly unique representation of an equestrian theme wearable as jewelry. Overall diameter is 24 mm. CPR044 SOLD COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY / HISTORY SHEET *** shown with optional CHAIN E, not included |
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