MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Tetrassarion (26mm, 12.42 g, 7h). Aurelius Gallus,
legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 201-203. Laureate head right / River-god Istros reclining left, resting elbow on urn from which water flows, placing hand on ship beside him. HH&J 8.14.32.21; AMNG 1312 var. (obv. legend); Varbanov 2724. Earthen green patina, flan crack, patches of roughness. VF.
Ex Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.