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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.08.31 #2 (plate coin)
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Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 17, 2.40g, 17.4mm, 30°
obv. AV K L - CEVHRO - c
Laureate head r.
rev. NIKOPO - L - IT PROC IC
Dionysos, nude, wearing boots, stg. frontal, head r., resting with raised r. hand on
ribboned thyrsos and holding l. hand over head
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2264
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.8.31 (this coin)
about VF, dark green Patina
An unusual depiction of Dionysos, reminds of Apollo Lykeios from Markianopolis.
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