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A copper coin of the emperor Septimius Severus from Nikopolis ad Istrum with a  reverse showing a snake wound around a torch Coin Type: Copper AE17 of Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia.
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 3.53g
Obverse: AV K Λ CEVHPOC
Laureate head right.
Reverse: NIKOΠOΛ ΠPOC IC
Snake coiled around a short torch (of Demeter), head right. Two grain ears dangling from the top of the torch.
Provenance: Nemesis Ancients (Vcoins), April 2010.
Ref: Varbanov I (English) —; AMNG I —; Hristova/Jekov (2009) 8.14.47.17 corr.; (2011) 8.14.47.21 (both this coin).
BW Ref: 090 049 158
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