TYPE Roman Empire, Septimius Severus (193-211 AD), silver denarius, struck ca. 203 AD. DESCRIPTION . Obv: Laureate head of Septimius to right, legend: SEVERVS PIVS AVG Rev: Dea Caelestis seated on a lion springing right, holding thunderbolt and scepter, below water gishing from a rock legend: INDVLGENTIA AVGG / IN CARTH REFERENCE: SR 1756, RSC 222, VM 47 GRADING: VF+ / AVF, light toning, interesting and scarcer reverse ORDER INFO: R2397, $48 Nice specimen with interesting and scarcer reverse employing actually two deities, issued around 203 AD. It is one in the INDVLGENTIA series - advertising and celebrating through this minor Roman goddess the emperor's "indulgence", or merciful acts for the public good - and in this case referring to the construction of an aqueduct in Carthage, of which Dea Caelestis was a patron deity.