Herakles head right, Nikopolis ad Istrum

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I have recently obtained a nice specimen of a Geta AE17 from Nikopolis ad Istrum, Varbanov (Bulg.) 2535, rev. Herakles head right; both my specimen and the one that is pictured in Varbanov are clearly from the same reverse die as the Sept. Sev. example below, though Varbanov's 2535 entry misrenders the legend as NIKOPO PROS IS where it actually reads NIKOPOLITWN PROS IS.  I cannot find a Varbanov entry for this Sept. Sev. example, which the Lanz auction-listing describes as "very rare" or "sehr selten," "AMNG 1385 var." Do the Sept. Sev. and Geta examples appear in Varbanov in English, and does he get the legend right this time?  What values according to Varbanov (Eng.) do the two issues have in VF?  Thanks as always for any/all help!

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My Septimius one is posted in my web page "Their Inherited Images", second image on that page.
My darling brat Caracalla is "sick", but I post him here.  I've never seen the one for Geta.
Pat L.
Value: these are "cool coins" (see my choosing to say 'darling brat') and in VF or better condition bring whatever someone will bid.
I'll check my Varbanov for the Geta, as you recommend.  It's 3208 in the English edition.

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Thank you, Pat.  The Caracalla version is Varbanov (Bulg.) 2372, legend rendered correctly this time, val. $60 VF (same as Geta in Varbanov [Bulg.]); I'm surprised, since they all seem uncommon, and worth a good look or two, like yours at

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/Their%20Inherited%20Images.htm

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I suspect that like the busts of Serapis these were used for Septimius and both boys.  I, too, was surprised to get a Septimius when I got mine.  Getting all the 'coppers' is not easy.  Pick doesn't have all of them.  And, of course, they don't have governors' names on them.  Pat L.

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Interesting that the Sept. Sev. and Geta examples really do seem to be from the same reverse die while the two Caracallas (yours and the one pictured in Varbanov [Bulg.]) share a different reverse die of their own; meanwhile those Caracalla examples also seem to be products of different obverse dies, so the sorting is starting to get interesting.  I have a Sept. Sev. specimen somewhere as well, but the trick is to locate it instantly.

My Geta example, AE17, 2.79g: