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New Add to Cart Caria, Halikarnassos, Sept. Severus, 193-211 A.D.
AE 30, 14.72g. archon: Stratokleos . Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius to right. Rev. Zeus Askraios(oak tree) standing with a radiate head between two trees with perching birds. BMC 88. SNG von Aulock 2534. SNG COP 384. a small flan defect on the reverse beneath the bird on right. Dark green and brown patina and rare.
The reverse type is used with a few emperors of this period and most likely represented a now missing cult statue. Cf. Leon Lacroix, Les Reproductions De Statues Sur Le Monnaies Grecques,1949, pp. 92-3 and pl. VI,1.
Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: CNG, Auction 90, 2012, lot 1027.
See more detailed image good Very Fine $5,000. |
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