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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.01.15
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Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 27, 12.14g, 27.32mm, 330°
obv. AVT KAI L CE - CEVHROC PER
Head, laureate, r. (totally different portait!)
rev. NEIKOPOL[I] - PROC ICTRW
Zeus, in himation, enthroned l., holding in extended r. hand patera and resting with raised l. hand on
sceptre
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.1.15
F+, dark-green patina
Pick: The big coins without the name of the governor are mostly from very coarse style, similar to those of Commodus; may be they are the first ones struck for Severus in Nikopolis.
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