#071
A completely new
type for
SeverusSeptimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 26, 10.39mm, 26.17mm, 15°
struck under governor
Aurelius Gallus
obv. AV [K L CEP] -
CEVHROC P
Laureate
head r., slightly draped on l. shoulder
rev. VPA [
AVR GALLOV] NIKO - POLEITWN
PROC / ICTRON
Demeter in long garment and mantle, stg. frontal,
head l., resting with raised l. hand on
burning long torch and holding in extended r. hand grain ears over cista mystica with
raised lid from which
snake is emerging l.
ref. a) not in
AMNG b) not in
Varbanov c) not in
Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2018)
rev. No.
HrHJ (2018) 8.14.5.- (nicht gelistet)
obv. e.g. No. 8.14.38.11 (same die)
probably unpublished
coll. Hoeft
Because of the
obv. the governor is
Aurelius Gallus.
Now we have the following depictions of Demeter:
(1)
Aurelius Gallus under
Severus: Demeter with cista mystica 8.14.5.-
(2) Tertullus under
Caracalla: Demeter with
Modius with grain-ears 8.18.5.1
(3) Flavius Ulpianus under
Geta: Demeter with burning
altar 8.22.5.1
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