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RIC IV Septimius Severus 79

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 79, Denarius, Silver, struck at Rome, 196–197 AD. Obverse: head of septimius severus, laureate, right. Reverse: hercules, naked, lion-skin draped over left arm, standing right, holding club set on ground in right hand and bow in left hand. Weight about 2.8 g, diameter 13.9 mm.
mint Rome weight 2.75g (7)
ruler Septimius Severus diameter ⌀13.9 (5)
denomination Denarius axis 8↕ (6)
material Silver 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 VIII
reverse

Hercules, naked, lion-skin draped over left arm, standing right, holding club set on ground in right hand and bow in left hand

HERCVLI DEFENS
specimens (5)
KENOM 2.34g ⌀16.6 6↕
KENOM 2.57g 12↕
KENOM 2.88g ⌀17.0 6↕
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE) 2.62g
KENOM — Freiberg 2.64g 6↕

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RIC IV Septimius Severus 79 (ric.4.ss.79), 196–197 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-septimius-severus-79/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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