Septimius Severus
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Lucius Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna, Libya, in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man, he advanced through the customary succession of offices
Roman alabaster and marble bust of Septimius Severus, Musei Capitolini
Dynastic aureus of Septimius Severus, minted in 202. The reverse feature the portraits of Geta (right), Julia Domna (centre) and Caracalla (left). Inscription: SEVERUS PIUS AVG[USTUS] P[ONTIFEX] M[AXIMUS], TR[IBUNICIA] P[OTESTAS] X / FELICITAS SAECVLI.
The Severan Tondo, c. 199, Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta, whose face is erased (Antikensammlung Berlin)
Roman marble bust of Septimius Severus, early 3rd century AD, Altes Museum
Pertinax
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Publius Helvius Pertinax was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193, succeeding Commodus and becoming the first ruler of the turbulent Year of the Five Emperors.
Bust, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Roman aureus struck under Pertinax: IMP. CAES. P. HELV. PERTIN. AVG. / PROVIDentia DEORum COnSul II
![Coin of Pertinax's son with legend "KAI[C]AP [ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑΞ]" (Caesar Pertinax)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Tetradrachm_Pertinax_Caesar.jpg/500px-Tetradrachm_Pertinax_Caesar.jpg)
Coin of Pertinax's son with legend "KAI[C]AP [ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑΞ]" (Caesar Pertinax)