Sestertius - Septimius Severus DI PATRII S C; Hercules, Bacchus, and Liber

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	204
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	9.2 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 270217
References	RIC IV.1# 762 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.762 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XII

Translation:
Severus Pius Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Duoecima.
Severus, the pious emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the twelfth time.

Reverse

Bacchus, naked, standing right, holding cup downwards in right hand and thyrsus in left hand, facing Hercules, naked, standing left, resting right hand on club set on ground and holding lion-skin over left arm; left of Bacchus, leopard.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DI PATRII S C

Translation:
Dii Patrii. Senatus Consultum.
The ancestral gods. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 9.23–9.25 g;

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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