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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.16.13 #2
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Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 16, 2.77g, 16.12g, 15°
obv. AV K L [C] - CEVHROC
Bust, cuirassed, laureate r.
rev. NIKOPOLITWN PROC I
Eros, winged, nude, stg. l. with crossed legs, resting with l. arm on thick column decorated with floral
elements and stg. on small base; r. arm hanging down beside the column with short burning torch in r.
hand
ref. a) not in AMNG:
cf. AMNG 1367 (for the type)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2481
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.16.13
F
This type with Eros resting on column and holding short torch in the other hand appears too in Philippopolis.
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