Septimius Severus, AE16, 193-211, Mesopotamia-Carrhae - Lindgren 
2564
Item Number : 45295
$36.00  
April 22, 2007
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Estimate:  US $ 75

Septimius Severus, AE16, 193-211, Mesopotamia-Carrhae 
(Obverse legend obscured) 
Laureate head right 
KAPHN-? 
Simulacrum of Aphrodite, surmounted by crescent moon and star 
15mm x 16mm, 2.06g 
Lindgren 2564 

Note from Marvin Tameanko, August 20, 2005: Your coin of Carrhae, 
Lindgren, 2564, shows a 'simulacrum', that is a conical monument 
that is the likeness of the goddess, in this case probably a local, 
Asiatic form of Aphrodite, who is represented by the crescent moon 
and star at the top. This very monument actually shows up inside the 
temple on coins of Carrhae, Lindgren 2557, and the crescent moon and 
star symbol show up on lots of other coins of this city, Lindgren 
2560-63.