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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8391979, member: 85693&quot;]Bringing this excellent thread back (thanks [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]) because I just got a Nicaea prize urn for Septimius Severus (like the one [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] shared above, I think).</p><p><br /></p><p>I had some difficulty attributing it, as I found two die-matches, neither of which agrees (London Coins auction and Wildwinds).&nbsp; Any clarifications greatly appreciated, of course: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1489136[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Septimius Severus&nbsp; Æ 14</b></p><p><b>Bithynia, Nicaea</b></p><p><b>(c. 198-204 A.D.)</b></p><p>CEOYHΡOC [AYΓOYC], laureate head right. / NIKAIEΩN, prize urn containing two palm branches.</p><p>Scott 1 in NC 1851; Var. of RecGen 357 (obv legend);</p><p>or RecGen 358 (see notes).</p><p>(2.18 grams / 14 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2022&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution:</b>&nbsp; Two obv./rev. die matches do not agree:</p><p><b>Wildwinds:</b>&nbsp; Scott 1 in NC 1851. Var of RecGen 357 (obv legend).</p><p><b>London Ancient Coins Ltd: Auction R; Lot 117; 25.04.2015 </b>RecGen 358.</p><p>&quot;The games shown on this coin appear to date between AD 198 and 204...from the games sponsored to celebrate the brotherly love of Caracalla &amp; Geta their elevations in 198 to Caesar and Augustus...&quot; (Sulla80 CT)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are what I think are die matches obv./rev. to mine (top), London Coins (middle) <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2431908" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2431908" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2431908</a> and Wildwinds (bottom):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1489137[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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