SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.
                                 193-211 AD. AR Denarius
                                 (3.32 gm). Struck 196 AD. L
                                 SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP
                                 VII, laureate head right / P M
                                 TR P IIII COS II P P,
                                 Minerva standing left,
                                 holding spear and round
                                 shield. RIC IV 71; BMCRE
                                 134; RSC 416. Nice VF.
                                 ($45)

From bpmurphy.com, November, 2002, by permission of Barry Murphy.