IMP CAE
L SEP SEV PERT AVG (Translation: Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description
Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding spear in right hand and round shield in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P III COS II P P (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.)