Bronze pentassarion of Septimius Severus, Nicopolis ad Istrum in Moesia, undated, 193-211 A.D.
AVT Λ CEΠT CEVHP ΠEP; Laureate head of Septimius Severus r.
VP AVP ΓAΛΛOV NIKOPOΛITΩN / ΠPOC ICTP; Hercules standing l., grasping head of Cretan Bull rearing l.; club on ground behind Hercules' r. foot, and bow in exergue.
AMNG I 1309; Varbanov 2134; Voegtli type 4m; Stoll Herakles 39
Note: Minted by Aurelius Gallus, legatus consularis.
Picture credit: Heritage Auctions, Inc. (Auction 3030), 5.1.2014, lot 23854
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