SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.
  193-211 AD. AR Denarius
  (3.87 gm). Laodicea mint.
  Struck 198-202 AD. L SEPT
  SEV AVG IMP XI PART
  MAX, laureate head right /
  MARTI VI-CTORI, Mars
  standing right, holding shield
  set on base in right hand,
  reversed spear in left. RIC
  IV 508; BMCRE 667; RSC
  320. Lustrous near EF. ($75)

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