RIC IV Septimius Severus 253 | CANOA Skip to content

RIC IV Septimius Severus 253

ric.4.ss.253 · 202–210 AD source mint search banners cite
RIC IV Septimius Severus 253, Denarius, Silver, struck at Rome, 202–210 AD. Obverse: head of septimius severus, laureate, right. Reverse: africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, draped, standing right, holding out robe; at feet, right, lion. Weight about 3.4 g, diameter 20.5 mm.
obverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 253
obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
reverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 253
reverse: Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, draped, standing right, holding out robe; at feet, right, lion
mint Rome weight 3.43g (5)
ruler Septimius Severus diameter ⌀20.5 (4)
denomination Denarius axis 8↕ (5)
material Silver technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right

SEVERVS PIVS AVG
reverse

Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, draped, standing right, holding out robe; at feet, right, lion

AFRICA
specimens (3)
British Museum 4.28g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
KENOM 3.51g ⌀20.5 5↕

Cite this coin

RIC IV Septimius Severus 253 (ric.4.ss.253), 202–210 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-septimius-severus-253/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

RIS BibTeX CSL-JSON