Metropolis (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus

Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (27.69g). Kal... ...thallos, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ares, holding spear and shield, standing left with tetrastyle temple with arcuated lintel. Light smoothing in fields, brown and green patina, VF. Vermeule coll.; ex CNG 53 (3/2000), 1086.

Kraft documents the use of this same obverse die on coins of Hypaepa, Magnesia, and Smyrna.

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Filename:	381641.jpg
City/Mint name:	Metropolis
Keywords:	bronze / roman
References:	Kraft pl. 76, 16d; Babelon, Inventaire sommaire 6332 corr. (under Metropolis in Phrygia); Price & Trell 436, fig. 370
Valuation:	Stacks Vermeule, etc. Auc. (1/2010), lot 270 ($425 + comm)
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Date added:	Jul 21, 2010
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