L SEPT
SEV PERT AVG IMP X (Translation: Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Imperator Decimum. Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the tenth time.)
Reverse description
Genius, naked, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over garlanded and lighted altar, left, and holding corn-ears in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P V COS II P P S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)