Septimius Severus. Sestertius

Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 204 AD, Sestertius, 24.56g. BMC-p. 341. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS - AVG P M TR P XII Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: INDVLGENTIA AVG[G] around, IN CARTH in exergue, S C below forepart of lion, Dea Caelestis riding sideways, but head r., holding thunderbolt and scepter, on lion leaping r. above waters issuing from rock. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection, acquired from Barry Murphy; earlier in the collection of Cornelius C. Vermeule, who acquired it from Baldwin's in 1964, and from Christie's Earl Fitzwilliam Sale of 1949.Somewhat corroded surfaces. VG