Septimius Severus, 193-211.
AE Sestertius , Rome, 194
26 x 29 mm; 18.58 g
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III
Laureate head to right
R/ [DIS AVSPICIB TR P I]I COS II P P
Hercules on left, standing to left with club in right hand and lion’s skin over left arm. Bacchus on right standing left with cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand, at his feet a Panther to left with head turned right.
S C in exergue.
RIC 669. BMC 504. C. 26 (10f). rare. Good portrait. better in hand
Bacchus was the city deity of Septimius Severus’ birthplace Leptis.