SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.01 gm). Laodicea mint. Struck 197 AD. L SEPT SEV PE-RT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head right / FORT R-EDVC, Fortuna standing left, holding long palm in right hand, cornucopiae in left. RIC IV 479A(b); BMCRE pg. 112; RSC 157b. Nice VF. ($50) From bpmurphy.com, November, 2002, by permission of Barry Murphy.