RIC IV Septimius Severus 437

Typological Description

• Date: AD 193
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Denarius
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Septimius Severus

• Geographic

  • Mint: Laodicea ad Mare
  • Region: Syria

• Obverse

  • Legend: L SEPT SEV PERTE AVG IMP
  • Type: Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
  • Portrait: Septimius Severus

• Reverse

  • Legend: BONA SPES
  • Type: Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in extended right hand and raising fold of skirt with left hand
  • Deity: Spes