On the reverse side of a bronze coin dated to the time of the Roman emperor Geta, the river-god Hebros is depicted sitting on a throne. He is looking to his right. He holds a sceptre of reed in his right hand and rests his left hand on a hydria with running water. The inscription ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ indicates the city’s name Augusta Traiana, a Roman city of the Province of Thrace (modern Stara Zagora in Bulgaria).
Caption Bronze coin from Augusta Traiana city with the river-god Hebros seated, resting on a hydria with running water
Mythic people Hebrus (God)
Type Coin
Artist/Creator mint of Augusta Traiana
Current position private collection B. Awianowicz, Toruń
Dating 209-211 AD
Notes
Coin cn coin 28212 < Corpus Nummorum
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