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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 3634361, member: 80147&quot;]A recent Bertolami auction (67) had a great section of just architectural types for me to drool over, so I figured can&#039;t have them all so just focused on one type that have always wanted since I started collecting architecture as it exemplifies the lengths the Romans went to portray their building achievements on such a small surface. This Septimius Severus Bronze, struck under Aurelius Gallus, legatus consularis, Moesia Inferior: Nicopolis, AD 201-203. So I bit the bullet and paid through the nose (bloodied by the time I paid the juice) for this particular coin although I have a similar type from Aurelius Gallus but more wear and different detail of the same building, a dot in the arched doorway to represent the temple and a curved roof so this was a great upgrade. A special thanks to <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/severus-alexander.84744/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/severus-alexander.84744/">Severus Alexander</a>&nbsp; for alerting me to this auction although I was already participating it was great to have another CT member thinking of me, this is what makes this Forum great.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]975039[/ATTACH] </p><p>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Æ 26mm (10.18 gm: h 8). Aurelius Gallus, magistrate. AVT L CEPT CEVHP PER, laureate head right / UP AUP GALLOU NIKOPOLEITWN PROC ICTP, city gate, small temple seen through doorway, ornate large colonnaded building above. AMNG I 1331; BMC Thrace pg. 42, 7; SNG Copenhagen -; Price &amp; Trell 45 (fig. 26). Sear GIC 2124. Varbanov 2621. </p><p><br /></p><p>Very rare, dark green patina, near extremely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 186, 8 March 2010, lot 1524.</p><p><br /></p><p>And my existing similar type.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]975042[/ATTACH] </p><p>MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus (193-211). Ae. Aurelius Gallus, legatus consularis.</p><p>Obv: AV K Λ CEΠ CEVHPOC Π. </p><p>Laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: VΠ AVP ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠO / ΠPOC I. </p><p>Camp gate surmounted by superstructure with four columns and gabled roof.</p><p>H&amp;J 8.14.46.4; cf. Price &amp; Trell 45 (fig. 26 [for a similar view]). 27.32mm, 13.39gm, Moushmov 931.</p><p>Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE&#039;S MOESIA NICOPOLIS AND OR ALL THE DIFFERENT PORTRAIT STYLES REPRESENTED ON SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS COINAGE.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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