RIC IV Septimius Severus 11 (denarius)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 193–AD 194
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Rome (ancient mint)Denarius in silver struck at Rome under Septimius Severus, AD 193–AD 194, catalogued as RIC IV Septimius Severus 11 (denarius). Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.
Reverse: Legionary eagle, facing left, between two standards. Obverse legend: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG. Reverse legend: LEG VIII AVG TR P COS.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Denarius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
- Reverse type
- Legionary eagle, facing left, between two standards
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG
- Reverse legend
- LEG VIII AVG TR P COS
Identification
- How to identify
- RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.11_denarius
- Catalogue reference
- RIC IV Septimius Severus 11 (denarius)
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.4.ss.11_denarius
- Source note
- The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet