Dear friends of Nikopolis!
Recently I got an enigmatic coin and need
help.
Moesia inferior,
Nikopolis ad Istrum,
Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
struck under governor
Aurelius Gallus?
obv. [AV KAI CE - PTI] CEOVHRO - C
PER Laureate
head r.
rev. [...LLO] NEIK - [.....] ICT
in l. and r.
field R - ON
Emperor, bearded, in
military cloak, paludamnt over shoulders, stg. frontal,
head l.,
resting with raised l. hand on spear and holding in extended r. hand globe
ref. a) not in
AMNG b) not in
Varbanov c) not in
Hristova-Hoeft-JekovF, corroded
(1) NEIK, R - ON in
field and the probable ICT points to
Nikopolis ad Istrum and
style looks like Northern
Greece too.
(2) CEOVHROS is not known for
Severus from Nikopolis. It is known from
Hadrianopolis,
Pautalia and
Tomis.
(3)
PER is known from Gentianus, Auspex and Gallus.
(4) NEIK is known only from Gallus.
(5) Emperor with globe is known only from Gallus.
So I think it could well be
Aurelius Gallus.
(6)
Obv. legend. Gallus has the following
obv. legends:
AV KAI L CE, CEPT
AV K L , CE, CEP, CEPT and CEPT
AVT L CEPT, CEPTI
I can' see for sure which
legend could be on this coin. In front of CEOVHROC are 3
letters, I think.
(7)
Rev. legend. Gallus has the following
rev. legends:
GALL, GALLO, GALL(OV), GALLOV
On this coin I can see LLO
What do you think about this coin? Any hint is welcome.
Thanks
Jochen