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Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 193-211 AD., Septimius Severus, 4 Assaria, Pick - .
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Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior,
Septimius Severus, anonymous issue (under Auspex?), 193-211 AD.,
Tetrassarion / Æ 27 (25-27 mm / 11,11 g),
Obv.: AV - KAI Λ CE - CEYHPOC , laureate head of Septimius Severus right.
Rev.: NIKOΠO-ΛI - T{ΩN} - Π[PO]C ICTP[ON?] , ( {ΩN} ligate) , Apollo ("Sauroktonos"), nude, standing right, with long laurel twig (instead of arrow or dart) in his right hand, the arm drawn back at shoulder height, to strike a very long lizard at knee height on a slender tree.
Pick (AMNG) - (comp. 1354, an assarion, see comment on p. 372) ; see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/Auspex_Dies.html , no 6b .
According Patricia Lawrence four specimens of this once unique coin are known, all from the same pair of dies. So this might be the 5th specimen.
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![Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 193-211 AD., Septimius Severus, 4 Assaria, Pick - .
Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior,
Septimius Severus, anonymous issue (under Auspex?), 193-211 AD.,
Tetrassarion / Æ 27 (25-27 mm / 11,11 g),
Obv.: AV - KAI Λ CE - CEYHPOC , laureate head of Septimius Severus right.
Rev.: NIKOΠO-ΛI - T{ΩN} - Π[PO]C ICTP[ON?] , ( {ΩN} ligate) , Apollo ("Sauroktonos"), nude, standing right, with long laurel twig (instead of arrow or dart) in his right hand, the arm drawn back at shoulder height, to strike a very long lizard at knee height on a slender tree.
Pick (AMNG) - (comp. 1354, an assarion, see comment on p. 372) ; see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/Auspex_Dies.html , no 6b .
According Patricia Lawrence four specimens of this once unique coin are known, all from the same pair of dies. So this might be the 5th specimen.
Schlüsselwörter: Nikopolis Istrum Moesia Inferio Septimius Severus Tetrassarion Auspex Apollo Twig Lizard Tree Sauroktonos](images/image.gif?id=237919301849 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 193-211 AD., Septimius Severus, 4 Assaria, Pick - .
Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior,
Septimius Severus, anonymous issue (under Auspex?), 193-211 AD.,
Tetrassarion / Æ 27 (25-27 mm / 11,11 g),
Obv.: AV - KAI Λ CE - CEYHPOC , laureate head of Septimius Severus right.
Rev.: NIKOΠO-ΛI - T{ΩN} - Π[PO]C ICTP[ON?] , ( {ΩN} ligate) , Apollo (\"Sauroktonos\"), nude, standing right, with long laurel twig (instead of arrow or dart) in his right hand, the arm drawn back at shoulder height, to strike a very long lizard at knee height on a slender tree.
Pick (AMNG) - (comp. 1354, an assarion, see comment on p. 372) ; see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/Auspex_Dies.html , no 6b .
According Patricia Lawrence four specimens of this once unique coin are known, all from the same pair of dies. So this might be the 5th specimen.
Schlüsselwörter: Nikopolis Istrum Moesia Inferio Septimius Severus Tetrassarion Auspex Apollo Twig Lizard Tree Sauroktonos")