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A bronze provincial coin of the emperor Septimius Severus from Markianopolis showing Cybele enthroned Coin Type: Bronze AE27 of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint: Markianopolis in Lower Moesia
Size and Weight: 27mm, 12.5g
Obverse: AV K Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: V ΦΛ OVΛΠIANOV MAPKIANO
Cybele seated left, wearing kalathos, legs crossed, phiale held out in right hand, left elbow leaning back on tympanum, two lions crouched left either side of throne, shoulders of throne appearing as crosses in right and left field.
Exergue: ΠOΛIT (upside down; continuation of legend)
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 827; AMNG I — (but see 579 for a similar coin); Moushmov 381; Hristova/Jekov (2011) — (but there are many similar dies; see 6.14.31.18 for a close match.)
Provenance: antikacoins (eBay), December 2003
BW Ref: 002 026 002
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