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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2697587, member: 57495&quot;]Those are some neat little provincials, reminding me that I have a few that still need photographing. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is not exactly small, but is my latest Sep Sev provincial.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t resist the offer of having three buildings for the price of one all pictured in a single cool architectural reverse.&nbsp; Seller&#039;s pics as it has not yet arrived...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]606508[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE. 12.6g. MOESIA INFEROR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 210-211. Varbanov 2795; AMNG 1339; Price/Trell Fig. 26. O: AVT L SEP-T SEVHROS P, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. R: VFL OVLPIAN NIKOPOLIT, PROC IC below, City gate with small tetrastyle temple seen in distance through doorway; above, a colonnaded stoa or sanctuary with three sections.</p><p>Notes from a CNG auction describing this reverse type : <i>&quot;A complex piece of architectural design on a small scale, and an interesting glimpse into the civic life of Nicopolis. What appears at first glance to be a monumental city gate is in reality the juxtaposition of three different pieces of civic architecture. The imposing brick city gate with arched doorway is the centerpiece, and through the doorway can be seen in the far distance a tetrastyle temple. The “superstructure” of the gate is actually a third building, most likely a colonnaded stoa or sanctuary...&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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