RIC IV Septimius Severus 762
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Septimius Severus 762. 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, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse
- 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
- Obverse legend
- SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XII
- Reverse legend
- DI PATRII S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.ss.762
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