SEVERVS
PIVS AVG (Translation: Severus Pius Augustus. Severus, the pious emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description
Sol, radiate, naked except for cloak over left shoulder, standing left, raising right hand and holding whip in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P XVI COS III P P (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta Decima, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 16th time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.)