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A copper provincial coin of the emperor Septimius Severus from Markianopolis with a Cybele reverse Coin Type: Copper assarion of Septimius Severus, 193 CE - 211 CE
Mint and Date: Markianopolis, 193-211 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm x 21mm, 3.71g
Obverse: AV Λ CEΠ CEVHPOC
Laureate bust right. seen from behind.
Reverse: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ
Cybele seated left, wearing kalathos, legs crossed, phiale held out in right hand, left elbow leaning back on tympanum, two lions crouched left either side of throne.
Ref: Varbanov I (English) —; Moushmov 381; Hristova/Jekov (2011) — (but see a similar type at 6.14.31.30); AMNG I —
Provenance: paganecoins0oh6 (eBay), May 2006
BW Ref: 040 026 080
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