American Numismatic Society: Silver Denarius of Septimius Severus, Rome, AD 196

Weight (in gr.): 3.26
Diameter (in mm): 18.2

Obverse: L SEPT SEV PE[RT] AVG IMP VIII - Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right

Reverse: FORTVNAE [R]EDVCI - Fortuna, seated left, holding rudder on globe in right and cornucopiae in left, wheel under seat

Date Range: AD 196 - AD 197
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Denarius
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Septimius Severus
- - Dynasty: Severan Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Septimius Severus
- - Dynasty: Severan Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Fortuna

Reference: RIC IV Septimius Severus 78A
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 161

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Silver Denarius of Septimius Severus, Rome, AD 196 - AD 197. 1956.127.1253