Septimius Severus

Sestertius · Bronze

RIC IV 761

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