Denarius - Septimius Severus MONET AVG; Moneta

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 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.3 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269641
References	RIC IV.1# 411A 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.411A Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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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

Moneta, draped, standing left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MONET AVG

Translation:
Moneta Augusti.
The mint of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Emesa, Syria, modern-day Homs, Syria

Comments

Mass varies: 2.695–4.473 g;
Diameter varies: 17.07–19.25 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

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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