RB95802. Copper as, RIC IV 666, BMCRE V 501, Cohen IV 117, Hunter III -,
VF, nice coin, attractive brown-green patina, excellent portrait and reverse style, tight flan, areas of porosity, Rome mint, weight 11.884g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 180
o, 194 A.D.; obverse L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II, laureate head right; reverse DIS AVSPICIB TR P II COS II P P, Hercules and Bacchus (Liber) standing slightly left, side by side, nude, heads left, Hercules with the Nemean Lion's skin on his left arm and resting his right hand on his grounded club, Bacchus holds a cantharus in his right hand and rests his left on a thyrsus, a panther sits left at his feet, S C in exergue; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 8 (29-30 Jun 2019), lot 1180; ex Kress sale 116 (28 Oct 1960), lot 959;
rare;
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