Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, 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
Jupiter, naked except for cloak on shoulders, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical secptre in left hand; at feet, left, eagle.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P IIII COS II P P S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)