Aureus - Septimius Severus IOVI PRAE ORBIS; Jupiter

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	194-195
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269614
References	RIC IV.1# 396 (aureus) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ss.396_aureus Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Consul Secundum.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), consul for the second time.

Reverse

Jupiter, naked to waist, seated left on low seat, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, left, eagle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IOVI PRAE ORBIS

Translation:
Iovi Praeses Orbis.
Jupiter, governor of the world.

Mint

Emesa, Syria, modern-day Homs, Syria

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (194-195)

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