Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, cuirassed, with aegis, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
SEVERVS
PIVS AVG (Translation: Severus Pius Augustus. Severus, the pious emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description
Galley, with steerman and rowers, moving right.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P XIIII COS III P P S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta Decima, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 14th time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)