Nomos 19

Septimius Severus, 193-211. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.08 g, 11 h), indian imitation of the Aurei minted in Rome in 205. SEVEБYS VI - PIVS VΛC Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. IM MTP P XIII - COS III PP Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt in his extended right hand and scepter in his left; at Jupiter's feet to left, eagle standing left, its head turned back to right. L. A. Adams, The Indian Imitations of Roman Aurei, SAN, Vol. XVII, No. 4 (September 1989), fig. 3 (this coin). For the prototype: see Calicó 2508 and RIC 468. Cf. Triton X, 2007, 667. Attractively toned and of interesting style. Traces of mounting, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of L. A. Adams, Classical Numismatic Group e366, 13 January 2016, 41.