Watch List notes:

The Roman Empire
Septimius Severus, 193 – 211

Sestertius 194-195, Æ 21.83 g. L SEPT SEV PE – RT AVG IMP [I]II Laureate and cuirassed bust r., with drapery on l. shoulder. Rev. AFR – ICA S – C Africa, wearing elephant-skin headdress, standing r., holding corn-ears in fold of robe; at her feet, lion. C 28. BMC 508. RIC 668d var. (no drapery).
A very interesting and unusual portrait and a pleasant brown-green patina. Flan-
crack at four o'clock on obverse, otherwise good very fine / very fine

Shown at the Caracalla Exhibition 2012, in Mainz, Germany, at the RGZM Museum.
Septimius Severus' origins lie in Africa, so this coin celebrates his ancestors. Interesting is his portrait in military armour. AMP.