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Offline Jochen

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A new description for an old coin
« on: September 08, 2018, 02:06:18 pm »
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

Offline Vladimir P

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Re: A new description for an old coin
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2018, 01:27:29 am »
Cista with coiled serpents... as I see it
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Re: A new description for an old coin
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2018, 02:21:20 pm »
Dear Vladimir!

Thank you for your opinion. Do you think it is not an altar at all but a cista mystica?

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Re: A new description for an old coin
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2018, 12:41:36 am »
I think so. I see a raised lid to the right
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