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A copper coin of the emperor Septimius Severus from Nikopolis ad Istrum with a reverse probably showing Hestia Coin Type: Copper AE15 of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia.
Size and Weight: 14mm x 15mm, 2.59g
Obverse: AV KAI CE • CEVHPOC
Laureate head right.
Reverse: NIKOΠOΛ ΠPOC ICT
Hestia (?) or Demeter, robed and veiled, standing left, phiale held out in right hand, tall torch (made up of rolled bark and pine needles) grasped at the top in left hand behind.
Provenance: antiquarica (eBay), October 2009.
Ref: Similar to Varbanov I (English) 2382 and AMNG I 1352, but different obv. and rev. legend variations; Hristova/Jekov (2009) 8.14.5.6; (2011) 8.14.5.8.
BW Ref: 083 044 148
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