Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 203. Laureate head right / Dea Caelestis riding right on lion, head facing, holding thunderbolt and transverse scepter; below, water gushing right from rocks. RIC IV 266; RSC 222. EF, toned. Exceptional strike for issue.
