SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, (A.D. 193-211), silver denarius, issued 204, Rome mint, (4.15 g), obv. laureate bust to right of Septimius Severus, around SEVERVS PIVS AVG, rev. Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre seated facing head right on lion leaping to right, over water which gushes from rock, around INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in exergue, (S.6285, RIC 266, RSC 222). Light grey patination, nearly extremely fine, scarce.