The Gold bust of Septimius Severus (Greek: Χρυσή προτομή Σεπτιμίου Σευήρου) is the bust of Roman emperor Septimius Severus, dressed in scale armor (Lorica plumata).

[1] The gold bust was found in early June of 1965 in the area of the ancient city of Plotinopolis, today's Didymoteicho in northeastern Greece, when the Greek army dug out a trench.

Due to the conditions of its discovery, the gold bust of Septimius Severus cannot be clearly assigned.

The type of execution, however, suggests that it was created as a light object that could be transported easily by a person.

[1] Perhaps the inside of the head was filled with some light, organic material for stabilization; an adapted and possibly glued-on assembly trestle was probably inserted in the bust, on which a rod of a field sign or a base could be placed.