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RIC IV Septimius Severus 666

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 666, 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 12.3 g, diameter 26.3 mm.
obverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 666
obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
reverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 666
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 12.25g (6)
ruler Septimius Severus diameter ⌀26.3 (1)
denomination Sestertius axis 11↕ (6)
material Bronze 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, 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 (9)
KENOM 9.24g 11↕
British Museum 10.53g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 21.88g 6↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 8.16g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 11.37g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 666 (ric.4.ss.666), 194–194 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-septimius-severus-666/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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