Geta AD 198-209 AE - AE 26, 11.38g of Nikopolis ad Istrum, 
 struck under the magistrate Aurelius Gallus

obv. L CEPTIMI GETAC KAICAR, bust, draped, bare head, r.
rev. [YP AVR GALL]OC NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTRON, Apollo, naked, laureate, 
 stg. r., with crossed legs, r. hand with arrow raised behind, l. 
 hand rested on tree before him; at the tree a lizard touching him

AMNG 1654

rare; about VF, nice green patina

This is Apollo as Sauroktonos, the lizard-slayer. The famous Apollo
Sauroktonos of Praxiteles (a copy in the Louvre) has a bit different
attitude without the raised hand with arrow.

Contributed by Hans-Joachim, August, 2005.