Septimius Severus. Sestertius

Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 193 AD, Sestertius, 30.96g. BM-471. Obv: [IMP C]AES L SEPT - SEV P[ERT AVG] Head laureate r. Rx: Legend mostly missing, Legionary eagle between two standards, each of which is decorated with a capricorn. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CGB Paris E125, Dec. 2021. Heavy specimen. Only this Fourteenth Legion was commemorated on Septimius' sestertii, because it was the legion that first proclaimed him emperor at Carnuntum.. aF