Hi!
I want to share this coin:
Moesia inferior,
Nikopolis ad Istrum,
Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 17, 3.35g
obv. AV K L C -
CEVHROC Laureate
head r.
rev. NIKOPOLIT PROC ICT.
Altar with a basket in which a
snake is coiling up
ref. a) not in
AMNG b) not in
Varbanov c)
Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2018) 8.14.47.31
corr.emiliyan_pavlov,
Ebay, September 2018
This
type is described as "
altar, on which
snake is coiling,
head l." But the new coin has far the best preserved
rev. I have seen. And now my suspicion that the old description is not correct is proven. It can't be a
snake alone because there are structures above the
altar not compatible with a
snake alone. I have marked them yellow. Other structures are typical for a coiling
snake. I have marked them
red. Therefore I think it is a basket or a similar container in which the
snake is coiling up. May be that my colouring is not correct. But I think the concept is clear.
Whast do you think? Every opinion welcomed.
Thanks in advance
Jochen
