Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.07.18 var.

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 18, 2.81g, 18.14mm, 225°
obv. AV KAI CEP - CEVHROC
Laureate head r.
rev. NIKOP - OL - I PROC IC
Apollo Sauroktonos, nude, with crossed legs stg. r., resting with l. Hand on tree stump on which lizard is creeping
upwards and holding an arrow in r. hand which he has drawn back at shoulder height.
ref. a) cf. AMNG I/1, 1354 (obv. AV KAI CE, rev. NIKOPOLIT)
b) cf. Varbanov (engl.) 2246 (has AV KAI CE, and writes "tree which is entwined by snake"!)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.7.18 var. (8.14.7.18 has KAI CE)
S+/S, dark green Patina

Under no. 8.14.7.17 HrHJ (2015) has subsumed 2 types with different obv. legends: AV KAI CE and AV KAI CEP.

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