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CITY-GATE, Septimius Severus, Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14.HrHJ (2013) 8.14.46.03 (plate coin)
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Septimius Severus, 193-211
AE 29, 12.01g, 28.52mm, 195°
struck under governor Flavius Ulpianus
obv. AVT L CEP - T CEVHROC P
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate r.
rev. V FL OVLPIAN NIKOPOLIT / PROC IC
Portal with 2 projecting side wings; thereupon a similar structured building whose central
part has 3 gate openings and a pediment with shield and spear; the side wings seem to
be open halls with 4 pillars each and pitched roof; through the open gate of the lower
building the front of a tetrastyle temple is visible.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1339 (1 Ex., München)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2795 corr. (writes VP FL and PROC I)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2013) No. 8.14.46.3 (plate coin)
Scarce, F+/about VF, brown-green patina
Pick: Nature and purpose of this building found on coins of Severus and Caracalla I don't know. It is hardly identical with the building on coins of Macrinus (pl. III, 21)
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