Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
L SEPT
SEV PERT AVG IMP VII (Translation: Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Imperator Septimum. Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the seventh time.)
Reverse description
Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; sometimes at feet, left, wheel.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P III COS II P P S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul for the second time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)