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Your identification of the emperor is correct. I would read the reverse legend as starting with "VENER...", pointing me towards the reverse figure being a depiction of Venus, and some variant of the VENERI VICT reverse. Venus is depicted on these coins holding the golden Apple of Eris.
These coins are somewhat regarded as "mules", as the "Venus" types are far more commonly found on the coins of this emperor's wife, Julia Domna. Here's a Doug Smith article on FORVM explaining them: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/d...ac41ven.html
Your coin travelled a fair way from it's point of origin, as these Septimus/Venus types are all attributed to the branch mints in Alexandria (Egypt) and in Emesa, a city better known today as Homs, Syria.
These coins are somewhat regarded as "mules", as the "Venus" types are far more commonly found on the coins of this emperor's wife, Julia Domna. Here's a Doug Smith article on FORVM explaining them: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/d...ac41ven.html
Your coin travelled a fair way from it's point of origin, as these Septimus/Venus types are all attributed to the branch mints in Alexandria (Egypt) and in Emesa, a city better known today as Homs, Syria.
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