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A bronze coin of the emperor Septimius Severus from Nikopolis ad Istrum showing Hermes with a cock Coin Type: Bronze AE26 of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia
Size and Weight: 26mm x 27mm, 9.89g
Obverse: AY KAI Λ CEΠT CEVHPOC ΠEP
Laureate head right.
Reverse: VΠ KOCK ΓENTIANOY (NIKOΠOΛITΩN)
Hermes standing left, purse in right hand in front, caduceus in left hand behind, cock right at feet left.
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 2745; AMNG I 1265; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.14.10.1.
Provenance: Pat Lawrence, November 2008; ex bengal_keeper(eBay), November 2008
BW Ref: 066 039 134
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Note: This actual coin is shown in the sidebar in Hristova/Jekov, both the first and second editions.


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