Thrace, Anchialos, Septimius Severus
Description:
Thrace, Anchialos, Septimius Severus (193 - 211 AD). AYT K CEP CEYHPOC; laureate head right / AΓXIAΛEΩN; Kybele seated right, two lions on her side.
Diameter:
AE22 mm
Weight:
8,24 g
Grade:
gF/F
Attribution:
SNG Cop 437; AMNG 496
Commentary:
dark green patina with bronze highlights
History:
Septimius Severus could show immense cruelty to his opponents, murdering their wifes and children, ordering mutilation of the bodies and denying proper burial - a trait of him that troubled even his fervent supporters.
Article Number:
057-06-05-42384