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A provincial bronze coin of the emperor Septimius Severus from Serdica showing winged Eros Coin Type: Bronze AE22 of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Serdica in Thrace, 193-211 CE.
Size and Weight: 19mm x 22mm, 5.72g
Obverse: AV K • Λ • CЄVHPOC
Laureate head right.
Reverse: OVΛΠI CEPΔIC
Eros, winged, standing right, legs crossed, leaning on an inverted lit torch which rests on a low altar.
Ref: ?
Provenance: Harry Stewart (Ancient Peddlers), July 2005. Previously from Zachary Beasley, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, February 2002.
BW Ref: 022 027 030
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