L 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 description
Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P V COS II P P (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.)