Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
SEVERVS
PIVS AVG P M TR P XII (Translation: Severus Pius Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Duoecima. Severus, the pious emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the twelfth time.)
Reverse description
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.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
COS III
LVDOS SAECVL FEC S C (Translation: Consul Tertium, Ludos Saeculares Fecit. Senatus Consultum. Consul for the third time, organiser of the Secular Games. Decree of the senate.)