Denarius - Septimius Severus FORT RDEVC; Fortuna

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 194
Value 1 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.9 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
269695
References RIC IV.1# 449A,
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
OCRE# ric.4.ss.449A
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II

Translation:
Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Imperator Secundum.
Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the second time.

Reverse

Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding cornucopiae in right hand and sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FORT RDEVC

Translation:
Fortuna Reduci.
Fortune returns.

Mint

Laodicea ad Mare, Syria, modern-day Latakia, Syria

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