SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.
                                 193-211 AD. AR Denarius
                                 (2.58 gm). Struck 196-197
                                 AD. L SEPT SEV PERT
                                 AVG IMP VIII, laureate head
                                 right / HERCVLI DEFENS,
                                 Hercules standing right,
                                 holding club on ground in
                                 right hand, bow in left. RIC
                                 IV 79; BMCRE pg. 47; RSC
                                 210. Fine. ($35) 

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