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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2712093, member: 75937&quot;]Lion walking right reverse types are particularly common on Roman provincial coins from cities in Moesia Inferior and Thrace, such as Marcianopolis, Nikopolis, Pautalia, Philippopolis, Hadrianopolis and Anchialus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins from these mints typically have &quot;centration dimples&quot; from flan preparation, such as are visible on your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>For these reasons, I suspect this one is from one of these mints. The obverse looks more like Elagabalus than anybody, but could be Caracalla or Geta, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of Philippopolis of Septimius Severus with a lion walking left (there is also one depicting the lion walking right) from my own collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]612699[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus, AD 193-211</p><p>Roman Provincial AE 17.7 mm; 4.06 g</p><p>Thrace, Philippopolis</p><p>Obv: [ΑV Κ Λ] CΕVΗΡΟC, laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟ[ΛΕΙΤ]-ΩΝ, lion walking left; ox&#039;s head before</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 5274 var. (lion walking right); Varbanov 1305[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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