SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.
                                  193-211 AD. AR Denarius
                                  (3.47 gm). Laodicea mint.
                                  Struck 198-202 AD. L SEPT
                                  SEV AVG IMP XI PART
                                  MAX, laureate head right /
                                  LIBERT-AS AVGG,
                                  Libertas standing left,
                                  holding pileus and sceptre.
                                  RIC IV 507; BMCRE 663;
                                  RSC 306. Good VF, scarce
                                  type. ($75) 

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