Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
SEVERVS
PIVS AVG (Translation: Severus Pius Augustus. Severus, the pious emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description
Roma (or Virtus?), helmeted, draped, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P XIII COS III P P S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia Decima, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 13th time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)