RIC IV Septimius Severus 842
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Septimius Severus 842. 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 Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right
- Reverse
- Venus, naked to waist, standing left, holding apple in extended right hand and palm sloped over left shoulder in left hand, resting left elbow on column
- Obverse legend
- IVLIA DOMNA AVG
- Reverse legend
- VENERI VICTR S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.ss.842
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