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RIC IV Septimius Severus 669a

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 669a, 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 20.8 g, diameter 29.1 mm.
mint Rome weight 20.79g (3)
ruler Septimius Severus diameter ⌀29.1 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 4↕ (3)
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 III
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

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 669a (ric.4.ss.669a), 194–194 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-septimius-severus-669a/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA