#137
A new
type (a correction!) for
SeverusSeptimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 18, 2.49g, 17.92mm, 0°
obv. AV KAI CE. -
CEVHROC Laureate
head r.
rev. NIK-OPOLI-TWN
PROC IC
Artemis, in girded double
chiton, quiver over l. shoulder, stg. frontal,
head l., holding in
both
hands a short torch.
ref. a)
AMNG I/1, 1360, pl.XV, 12 (same die,
Artemis)
b)
Varbanov 2500 (
Artemis)
c)
Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2020) No. 8,14.28.1
corr. (same dies)
coll. Hoeft
This
type was called "
Selene, crescent on her shoulder, holding in each hand a short torch(?)". But here the objekt over her l. shoulder has a knob atop, unusually for a crescent, but well possible for a quiver.
Best regardsa