RIC IV Septimius Severus 798
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Septimius Severus 798. 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
- Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
- Reverse
- Septimius Severus, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod in centre, and holding roll in left hand; before him, on left, Caracalla, veiled, togate, standing right, extending right hand over tripod; behind and between them, Pietas or Concordia (?)
- Obverse legend
- SEVERVS PIVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- P M TR P XVIII COS III P P S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.ss.798
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