Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.30.02 (plate coin)

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 17, 2.81g, 17.16g, 210°
obv. AV KAI CE - CEVHRO(sic!)
laureate head r.
rev. NIKOPOLI - T - WN PROC IC
Harpokrates, nude, with lotos-blossom(?) on his head, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm, with his
r. hand before his mouth.
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2522 var. (has CEVHROC)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.30.2 (plate coin)
F+, brown patina

Pat Lawrence: The coin is very interesting also in some other respects: The head of Septimius looks pre-Tertullus and the attitude and stance and the proportions of the Harpokrates make it resemble the unusual one for Diadumenian.

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