SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.
  193-211 AD. AR Denarius
  (2.55 gm). Laodicea mint.
  Struck 196 AD. L SEPT
  SEV PE-RT AVG IMP VIII,
  laureate head right / BON-A
  SP[ES], Spes standing left,
  holding flower in right hand,
  raising hem of skirt with
  left. RIC IV 472; BMCRE
  pg. 111; RSC 59. Nice VF.
  ($40)

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