Lot 2649. VF and Rare. Est $275.

Septimius Severus AE27 of Nikopolis ad Istrum.

obv: AV KAI CEP CEVEHROC. laureate head right 
rev: VPA POL AVCPIKOC NIKOPOLI PROC, Hercules standing right with club, 
     lion skin & bow, hunting (the Stymphalian birds).  

Issued by magistrate Pollenius Auspex who evidently held office for only
a short time at the beginning of Septimius' reign, before being transferred 
to Britain, where he was Governor from c200 to 205 AD after the defeat of 
Clodius Albinus.

As Moushmov 1013 but Hercules holding bow.  Unlisted in Verbanov.


By permission of ancientcoinart.com, November, 2002.