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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.07.17
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Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 18, 3.10g, 18.33mm, 210°
obv. AV K L C - CEVHROC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOPOLIT - W - N PROC IC
Apollo Sauroktonos, nude, with crossed legs stg. r., resting with extended l. hand on tree stump on which lizard
climbs upwards, r. hand drawn backwards.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1355 (2 ex., Bukarest, Wiczay)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2496
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.7.17
scarce, about VF, black green patina
Pick writes: "(holding) in r. hand, drawn backwards, an arrow". But actually the rev. of this coin matches the depiction of the coins of Antoninus Pius and there is no arrow in his hand.
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