Moesia Inferior, Istros, Severus Alexander, 221-235 AD, Æ (29 mm, 16.35 g., 6h) VF+, Very Rare Lighthouse
Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΒ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, REV: ΙΣΤΡΙ−Η/ΝΩΝ.
Rev: ICTΡIHNΩN River god reclining left before lighthouse holding a fish in his raised right hand and a reed in his left hand his left elbow is resting on thrown down urn from which river water flows. Value mark E in left field.
Varbanov 668. Good VF+, dark green patina. Very rare – only a few known.
Fantastic scene with the lighthouse at colony Istros on the Danube and the Black Sea.
ANCIENT NUMISMATIC ENTERPRISE, ANE, Vcoins, 2024, 1117 pc, RPC VI 2048.
