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RIC IV Septimius Severus 661

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 661, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 194–194 AD. Obverse: head of septimius severus, laureate, right. Reverse: hercules, naked, standing left, holding club in right hand and lion skin over left arm, and bacchus, naked, standing left, holding cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand; at feet of bacchus, panther. Weight about 19.1 g.
obverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 661
obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
reverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 661
reverse: Hercules, naked, standing left, holding club in right hand and lion skin over left arm, and Bacchus, naked, standing left, holding cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand; at feet of Bacchus, panther
mint Rome weight 19.13g (1)
ruler Septimius Severus diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (1)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right

IMP CAES L SEPT SEV PERT AVG
reverse

Hercules, naked, standing left, holding club in right hand and lion skin over left arm, and Bacchus, naked, standing left, holding cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand; at feet of Bacchus, panther

DIS AVSPICIB TR P II COS II P P S C
specimens (2)
British Museum 19.13g 6↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 661 (ric.4.ss.661), 194–194 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-septimius-severus-661/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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