★ A fine portrait of Septimius Severus ★

Septimius Severus, 193-211. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.38 g, 11 h), Emesa, 194-195. IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. PIETAT AVG Septimius Severus standing front, veiled, head to left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with his right hand. BMC 387. Cohen 376. RIC 413. An attractive example with a fine portrait. Some deposits, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Leu Web Auction 17, 14-16 August 2021, 2640 and previously from a collection of eastern Severan denarii, formed before 2005.