L SEPT
SEV PERT AVG IMP III (Translation: Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the third time.)
Reverse description
Hercules (on left), nude, standing facing, head right, right hand resting on grounded club, apple in left hand, lion skin draped over left arm, and Bacchus (on right), nude, standing facing, head left, grounded thyrsus in left hand, oinochoe in right hand over panther crouched left in center; COS II P P in exergue.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
DIS AVSP-ICIB-TR P II
COS II P P (Translation: The protector gods. Older of tribunician power for the second time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.)