Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.07.19 #3

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 16, 2.35g, 15.77mm, 235°
obv. AV KAI - CEVHROC
bust, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOP - OL - I - PROC IC
Apollo Sauroktonos, nude, stg. with crossed legs r., r. hand taken back holding arrow and
resting with l. hand on tree-stump on which a lizard is creeping upwards.
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2247 corr.
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No.8.14.7.19
Scarce, F/F+, it's a pity that this coin is in such a bad shape!

Varbanov writes: tree stump entwined by a snake. As Pat Lawrence could show this is not correct. It is a lizard too but on a awry tree with implied branches which is known from sacro-idyllic paintings from the Hellenistic period. This type was first described by G.Dzanev in 'Coins of the Rousse region, Rousse 1998, p.66' (Pat Lawrence)

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