Divus Septimius Severus, AR Denarius, 211?, Rome DIVO SEVERO PIO Bare head right CONSECRATIO Four tiered ustrinum – the lowest most of which represents a plain podium with two large festoons, and the profile of a festoon at each end. The next tier forms the sepulchral chamber for the reception of the dead body. In the center is a pair of paneled folding doors, flanked by two niches on each side with statues and surmounted by a cornice. The tier above has four square-headed niches with statues and a cornice represented by beads; and the upper forms a lofty plain attic with hanging drapery in front, the folds of which are very marked. A lit torch flanks each end of the upper tier, which forms a pedestal surmounted by the quadriga of the deceased, with his statue in the chariot and holding a palm leaf in his left hand. All the tiers diminish in width from the base upwards so as to assume a pyramidal form. 19mm x 20mm, 2.91g