Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.08.24 (plate coin)

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 16, 3.04g,15.86mm, 0°
obv. AV L C - CEVHROC
laureate head r.
rev. NIKOP - OLI PROC
Dionysos,nude, stg. l., resting with raised l. hand on thyrsos and holding in extended r. hand drinking
horn; at his feet l. the panther
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.8.24 (plate coin)
very rare, F, nearly black patina, general roughness

This now is the 3rd coin in my collection where Dionysos is holding a drinking horn. And we have this rare rev. type with 2 different obv. dies

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