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Septimius Severus Hercules Coin Type: Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 197 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm, 2.8g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
L SEPT PERT AVG IMP VIIII
Reverse: Hercules standing facing, head right, resting on club behind and holding bow in left hand at waist level in front, lion's skin over left arm.
HERCVLI DEFENS
Ref: RCV (2002) 6284, RIC 97
BW Ref: 038 027 073
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