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Lot 69. Septimius Severus AE, Herakles with Cretan bull reverse, Nikopolis ad Istrum

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Septimius Severus AE, Herakles with Cretan bull reverse, Nikopolis ad Istrum

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Bidding closed (Sunday, December 18th, 19:34:30 CET)
Current time: Monday, May 6th, 22:25:15 CEST

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eAuction #1, Lot 69. Estimate: CHF 250.00

Septimius Severus (193-211 AD). AE (28 mm, 14.48 g), Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Obv. AVT Λ CEΠT CEVHPOC Π, laureate head right.
Rev. VΠ ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN / ΠPOC ICTP, Herakles standing left, holding with both hands head of running Cretan bull; club below, bow in exergue.
AMNG 1309; Varbanov 2134.

Rare. Very fine, hard green patina.

The reverse depicts the 7th labour of Herakles, the capture of the Cretan bull on which Europa had arrived in Crete (according to one version of the myth).

Lot 69. Septimius Severus AE, Herakles with Cretan bull reverse, Nikopolis ad Istrum

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