Aureus - Septimius Severus LIBERO PATRI, Bacchus and Liber

€1.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year197
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionGold
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC IV.1#99 (aureus), OCRE#ric.4.ss.99_aureus
Obverse descriptionHead of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringL SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII
(Translation: Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Imperator Nonum. Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the ninth time.)
Reverse descriptionBacchus (Liber), standing front, head left, right hand on head (crowning himself?) and holding thyrsus in left hand; at feet, left, leopard.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringLIBERO PATRI
(Translation: Liber Patri. Of the free father.)
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MintageND (197)  - -
Catalog ID4411173190
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