Septimius Severus Sestertius

AE Sestertius

Obv.: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII (or VIIII)
Rev: P M TR P V COS II PP / S - C on the rev.

RIC 727 (or 739a).

"A coin from the same dies as is in Vienna, with TR P V clear on rev. but the IMP number off flan and illegible, and that was the only coin I knew from that obv. die when I compiled my die study.

This coin is rare. Severan sestertii are almost common from 193 to 196, but in 197 Septimius reduced the production considerably, before all but ending it from 198 to 209." Curtis Clay