SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.
 193-211 AD. AR Denarius
 (3.39 gm). Laodicea mint.
 Struck 202 AD. SEVERVS
 PIVS AVG, laureate head
 right / COS III P P, Victory
 advancing left, holding wreath
 in right hand, palm in left. RIC
 IV 526; BMCRE 732; RSC
 100. Near EF. ($50) 

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