Denarius - Septimius Severus VIRTVTE AVG; Virtus

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	16.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269668
References	RIC IV.1# 431 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.431 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

Virtus, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VIRTVTE AVG

Translation:
Virtuti Augusti.
To the courage of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Emesa, Syria, modern-day Homs, Syria

Comments

Mass varies: 3.03–3.557 g;

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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