Sestertius - Septimius Severus DIS AVSPICIB TR P II COS II P P S C, Hercules, Bacchus, and Liber

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 194
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 19.1 g
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC IV.1#661, OCRE#ric.4.ss.661
Obverse description Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP CAES L SEPT SEV PERT AVG
(Translation: Imperator, Caesar, Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Hercules, naked, standing left, holding club in right hand and lion skin over left arm, and Bacchus, naked, standing left, holding cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand; at feet of Bacchus, panther.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering DIS AVSPICIB TR P II COS II P P S C
(Translation: Dis Auspicibus. Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. The protector gods. Older of tribunician power for the second time, consul for the second time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
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Mintage ND (194) - -
Numisquare ID 2422330040
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