Septimius Severus, 193-211. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 2.77 g, 6 h), a contemporary imitation of an issue from an eastern mint. Irregular mint, after 193/4. IMP CAE L SEP SEV PER AVG Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. VICTORI AVS Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. Cf. BMC 338, Cohen 738 and RIC 362 (for possible prototype). Somewhat porous and with areas of weakness, otherwise, about very fine.