Roman Imperial coin – HCR63071

Obverse

Inscription:

L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II

Design:

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

DIS AVS[PICIB T]R 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

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 194

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

12.33

Axis

Diameter (mm)

26.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

21/1/1949

Source

A. H. Baldwin & Sons

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1949.

Acquisition note

£ (GBP); ticket says '2/6', assumed price in shillings and pence

uncertain denomination

Reference

RIC IV.1 : 666

Reference

BMCRE : 501

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.666

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski