Mysia. Pergamon. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna AD 193-211. Claudius Terpandros, strategos
Medallion Æ

46 mm, 45,94 g

AVT KAI Λ C[EΠ] CEOVHPO[O]C ΠΕΡ around, IΟΥ ΔΟΜΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ in two lines below, confronted busts of Severus right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Domna left, draped / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ [ΚΛ]ΑΥΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΕΡΠΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ, sacrificial scene in fron of the Neokore-Temple of Pergamon; The statue of the emperor in military dress with sceptre and patera stands on a high, rectangular base, in front of it standing sacrificial priest, who with raised axe is about to slay a bull standing whose head is lowered down.

very fine

v. Fritze pl. VIII,15; SNG Aulock -.