RIC IV Septimius Severus 761, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 204–204 AD. Obverse: bust of septimius severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: septimius severus, veiled, togate, standing right at centre, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar; hercules, standing left, holding club and lion-skin; behind altar, victimarius with pig, flute-players, and bacchus, holding cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand; in front, tellus (?), reclining right, leaning on basket and holding corn-ears in left hand. Weight about g.
obverse
Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XII
reverse
Septimius Severus, veiled, togate, standing right at centre, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar; Hercules, standing left, holding club and lion-skin; behind altar, victimarius with pig, flute-players, and Bacchus, holding cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand; in front, Tellus (?), reclining right, leaning on basket and holding corn-ears in left hand
COS III LVD SAEC FEC S C
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RIC IV Septimius Severus 761 (ric.4.ss.761), 204–204 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-septimius-severus-761/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA