Septimius Severus, Emesa mint, AR denarius

IMP CAE L SEP SEV PER AVG COS II, Laureate head right. 
BONI EV-ENTVS, Fides standing left. holding a dish of 
fruit and corn ears.

RCV (2002) 6267 var; RIC IV 369 var; BMCRE V p.91, 343 var (PER instead of PERT in obverse legend.) Many of the 
Emesa dies had small variations, but most were on 
the reverse. They are less common on the obverse.

Contributed by Bill Welch, August 2009