RIC IV Septimius Severus 775A
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Septimius Severus 775A. 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, with aegis, right
- Reverse
- Asclepius, naked, standing front, in distyle temple with wreath in pediment, resting right hand on serpent-wreathed staff set on ground and left hand on hip; to left and right, snakes rearing upwards
- Obverse legend
- L SEPTIMIVS SEVERVS PIVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- P M TR P XV COS III P P S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.ss.775A
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