Roman Imperial coin – HCR5294

Obverse

Inscription:

L [S]EP[T] SE[V P]ERT AVG IMP [III] / L [S]EP[T] SE[V P]ERT AVG IMP [IIII]

Design:

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

P M TR P II COS II P P

Design:

Jupiter, naked to waist, seated left on low seat, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Septimius Severus

Person

Septimius Severus (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

denarius

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 194 – 195

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.75

Axis

Diameter (mm)

19.1

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans; East of England Hoard, 1897

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

Hoard name

East of England

Hoard link

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/580

Reference

RIC IV.1 : cf. 34 corr., 48

Note:

no. 34 reverse legend is meant to read P M TR P II COS II P P, as per coin pictured on pl.5, 11, not P M TR P II COS II

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.34_denarius

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.48

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, dcelinska, JMvolunteer, cgallacher, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski