Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Emesa, AD 194. IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, laureate head to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PBINCIPI (sic), emperor on horseback advancing left, holding sceptre. RIC IV 415 var.; BMCRE 389 var.; RSC 652 var. (all rev. legend). 3.09g, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine; flan crack at 11h/ 7h. The die error in the reverse legend of this coin seems common to this coin type.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.