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RIC IV Septimius Severus 25

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 25, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 194–194 AD. Obverse: head of septimius severus, laureate, right. Reverse: hercules, naked, on left, standing right, holding club set on ground in right hand and lion-skin over left arm, and bacchus, wreathed, naked, on right, standing left, emptying oenochoe in right hand over panther, seated left, head right with open mouth, and holding garlanded thyrsus in left hand. Weight about 5.2 g.
obverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 25
obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
reverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 25
reverse: Hercules, naked, on left, standing right, holding club set on ground in right hand and lion-skin over left arm, and Bacchus, wreathed, naked, on right, standing left, emptying oenochoe in right hand over panther, seated left, head right with open mouth, and holding garlanded thyrsus in left hand
mint Rome weight 5.20g (2)
ruler Septimius Severus diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Aureus axis 3↕ (2)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right

L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II
reverse

Hercules, naked, on left, standing right, holding club set on ground in right hand and lion-skin over left arm, and Bacchus, wreathed, naked, on right, standing left, emptying oenochoe in right hand over panther, seated left, head right with open mouth, and holding garlanded thyrsus in left hand

DIS AVSPICIB TR P II COS II P P
specimens (3)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 3.28g 1↕
British Museum 7.11g 5↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 25 (ric.4.ss.25), 194–194 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-septimius-severus-25/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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