RIC IV Septimius Severus 762 | CANOA Skip to content

RIC IV Septimius Severus 762

ric.4.ss.762 · 204–204 AD source mint search banners cite
RIC IV Septimius Severus 762, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 204–204 AD. Obverse: bust of septimius severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: bacchus, naked, standing right, holding cup downwards in right hand and thyrsus in left hand, facing hercules, naked, standing left, resting right hand on club set on ground and holding lion-skin over left arm; left of bacchus, leopard. Weight about 9.7 g, diameter 24.6 mm.
obverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 762
obverse: Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Septimius Severus 762
reverse: Bacchus, naked, standing right, holding cup downwards in right hand and thyrsus in left hand, facing Hercules, naked, standing left, resting right hand on club set on ground and holding lion-skin over left arm; left of Bacchus, leopard
mint Rome weight 9.74g (3)
ruler Septimius Severus diameter ⌀24.6 (1)
denomination Sestertius axis 12↕ (3)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XII
reverse

Bacchus, naked, standing right, holding cup downwards in right hand and thyrsus in left hand, facing Hercules, naked, standing left, resting right hand on club set on ground and holding lion-skin over left arm; left of Bacchus, leopard

DI PATRII S C
specimens (4)
British Museum 9.23g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 9.25g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

Cite this coin

RIC IV Septimius Severus 762 (ric.4.ss.762), 204–204 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-septimius-severus-762/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

RIS BibTeX CSL-JSON