RIC IV Septimius Severus 487
Denomination: aureus
Material: av
Authority: septimius_severus
Mint: laodiceia_ad_mare
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0196 to 0197
Obverse legend: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII
Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
Obverse portrait: septimius_severus
Reverse legend: VIRTVTI AVG
Reverse: Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak tied round waist, advancing right or left, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left hand
Reverse portrait: mars