Thracia, Odessos, Septimius Severus AMNG 2271
Septimius Severus AD 193-211
AE 26, 9.39g
struck after 211 under Caracalla and Geta
obv. DIVW CEV - HRW PEIW
Head of Severus without wreath, r.
rev. ODHCC - E - ITWN
The Great God of Odessos, in himation and wearing kalathos, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in . arm and sacrfying from patera over flaming altar, stg. l. before him
AMNG I/2, 2271 (2 ex. in Moskow and Munich)
very rare, VF, dark-green patina

Pick writes: The obv. is the exact imitation of some Roman consecration denari, so that face, hair and beard step by step seem to be re-cut. That is the explanation too that the for the reproduction of the legend DIVO SEVERO PIO instead of the usual term Theos the Latin loan word DIVUS was taken, which otherwise never occurs on coins - at least on authentic ones.


Contribued by Hans-Joachim Hoeft, December, 2006.