Roman Imperial coin – HCR151479

Obverse

Inscription:

[L SEPT SE]V PERT AVG IMP III

Design:

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

DIS AVSPICIB [TR P II COS II P P] S C

Design:

Hercules, naked, standing left, holding club in right hand and lion skin over left arm, and Bacchus, naked, standing left, holding cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand; at feet of Bacchus, panther

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Septimius Severus

Person

Septimius Severus (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 194

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

23.35

Axis

Diameter (mm)

29.6

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1770

Source

Reverend Charles Godwyn

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by the Reverend Charles Godwyn, 1770.

tooled

Tooled

Panther on reverse removed through tooling

Reference

RIC IV.1 : 669a

Reference

BMCRE V : 505

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.669a

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