Septimius Severus, AE27 of Bizya, Thrace. Titus Statilius Barbarus, legate. 196-198 AD. 

AV K L CEP CEVHROC P, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
HGE CTATI BARBAROY BIZUHNWN, Capaneus standing right, looking 
back, holding spear and shield, preparing to scale the walls of 
Thebes by ladder. 

Varbanov 1460; Sear GIC 2127.

Fine, brown patina. Interesting reverse type. Very rare.

Capaneus was one of the Argive commanders who joined forces 
with Polynices to retake the throne of Thebes from the 
latter's brother Eteocles. According to the Roman poet, 
Statius, Capaneus was a man of immense size and strength but
great arrogance. After boasting that not even Zeus could stop 
him scaling the walls, a thunderbolt struck him dead. 

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207, Lot: 282. Estimate $150.
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