Roman Imperial coin – HCR63084

Obverse

Inscription:

SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XII

Design:

Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, cuirassed, right

Reverse

Inscription:

DI P[A]TRII S [C]

Design:

Bacchus, naked, standing right, holding cup downwards in right hand and thyrsus in left hand, facing Hercules, naked, standing left, resting right hand on club set on ground and holding lion-skin over left arm; left of Bacchus, leopard

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Septimius Severus

Person

Septimius Severus (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 204

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

10.73

Axis

Diameter (mm)

24.6

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

L. A. Lawrence Collection

Acquisition date

1948

Source

L. A. Lawrence

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1948.

conservation desired

Reference

RIC IV.1 : 762 var.

Note:

This specimen is a copper As, not an orichalcum sestertius

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.762

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski