Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
SEVERVS
AVG PART MAX (Translation: Severus Augustus Parthicus Maximus. Severus, emperor (Augustus), the greatest conqueror of the Parthians.)
Reverse description
Septimius Severus, in military attire, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod and holding spear in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P VIII COS II P P (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Octava, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the eighth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.)