Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, with aegis on left shoulder, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
SEVERVS
PIVS AVG (Translation: Severus Pius Augustus. Severus, the pious emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description
Genius, towered, naked, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over garlanded and lighted altar, left, and holding double cornucopiae in left hand, fold of drapery over left arm.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P XVI COS III P P S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta Decima, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 16th time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)