Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, with drapery (or aegis) on left shoulder, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
L SEPT
SEV PERT AVG IMP VII (Translation: Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Imperator Septimum. Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the seventh time.)
Reverse description
Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak over shoulders and chest, holding spear in right hand and resting left hand on oval shield; at feet, left, cuirass.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P IIII COS II P P S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)