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A copper coin of the emperor Septimius Severus from Nikopolis ad Istrum showing Dionysus with a bunch of grapes Coin Type: Copper AE17 of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia
Size and Weight: 17mm, 3.54g
Obverse: AV KAI CE • CEVHPOC
Laureate head right.
Reverse: NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC ICT
Dionysos standing facing, head left, tall ribboned thyrsos in left hand, bunch of grapes in right hand.
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 2378; AMNG I 1378; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.14.8.19.
Provenance: cameleoncoins (eBay), November 2008.
BW Ref: 067 039 134
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