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Contributor: David Sorenson.
Issuer:
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
, AD 193-211. AR Denarius (3.14 gm).
Obverse:
SEVERVS PIVS AVG., Laureate head right.
Reverse:
P. M. TR. P. XVII COS. III P. P., Neptune standing left, with right foot on rock, holding trident.
Reference:
RIC 228; Sear 1779. Grade: XF/VF+.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Septimius Severus
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Septimius Severus see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.