THRACE, Philippopolis. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (29mm, 16.96 g, 11h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breastplate, seen from the front / River-god Hebrus reclining left under tree, left hand resting on overturned urn from which water flows; right hand on prow of ship; in exergue, four figures. Varbanov, Philippopolis XIII.55.3 corr. (obv. description, this coin); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 291; Varbanov 1208 (illus. as 1206). Dark green patina, minor porosity, small deposit on obverse. Fine. Rare.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 1048.