RIC IV Septimius Severus 708
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Septimius Severus 708. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, cuirassed, right
- Reverse
- Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak over shoulders and chest, holding spear in right hand and resting left hand on oval shield; at feet, left, cuirass
- Obverse legend
- L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII
- Reverse legend
- P M TR P IIII COS II P P S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.ss.708
Research required
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