Details
LOT 3167
Septimius Severus AE 30mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. Dated CY 142 (AD 205/6).
AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / KOIN ΠO NЄOKAI MHTPO, statue of uncertain deity on tall base, facing to left, holding sceptre, within tetrastyle temple; temple walls seen behind, pellet in pediment; ЄT PMR (date) in exergue. RPC V.3 Online 85707. Very Fine.(11.72gr, 30mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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