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Coin Type: Copper AE19 of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia Size and Weight: 16mm x 19mm, 2.70g Obverse: AV K Λ C CEVHPOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC Naked Apollo posed as the Lizard Killer, standing right, left arm resting on a tall tree stump on which a lizard is climbing, right arm back as if ready to pierce the lizard with a dart or arrow. Ref: Varbanov I (English) 2496; AMNG I 1355; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.14.7.13. Provenance: rustyromans (eBay), June 2009. BW Ref: 075 041 141 |
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Note 1: The Apollo on this coin is in the pose of a statue by the Greek sculptor Praxiteles, the Apollo Sauroktonos, known today from copies and descriptions. Note 2: The reverse of this coin is a die match to a coin of Geta referred to by Doug Smith in this page about Apollo and by Pat Lawrence at 13b in her page on Apollo Sauroktonos. | |
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