Septimius Severus AR Denarius (2.51 gr; 17.13 mm). 197-198 AD.

Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head right
Rev: P M TR P V COS II P P, Sol, radiate, standing left, right hand raised, holding whip in left. 

RIC 115; RSC 433; Cohen 434.

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