Aureus - Septimius Severus PM TR P V COS II P P; Pax

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	196-197
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# 269750
References	RIC IV.1# 490A (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.490A_aureus Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII

Translation:
Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Imperator Octavum.
Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time.

Reverse

Pax, draped, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PM TR P V COS II P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.

Mint

Laodicea ad Mare, Syria, modern-day Latakia, Syria

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (196-197)

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