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Bronze - Æ 25-27 mm - 10,5 grams - Die axis 12:00.
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AV K OΠΠEΛ MAKPEINOC (Autokrator Kaisar O.S.M. - Imperator Caesar Opelius Severus Macrinus).
Bust of laureate chin-bearded emperor facing right, bust somewhat larger than normal, no characteristic nose.
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VΠ CTA ΛON[ΓINOV] - NIKΠOΛITΩN ΠOC (Hypateontos Sta Longinou Nikopoleiton Pros - Consular Legate Statius Longinus of the Nikopoleitonians on the). Standing Liberalitas, in Chiton, standing full front facing left, right arm outstretched with Tessera in hand. Cornucopia in her left arm.
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ICTPΩ (Istro(n) - Istrum).
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Liberalitas is the personification of the gifts of the emperor to the people. Therefore always shown with a Tessera and a Cornucopia.
Provincially minted in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Obv. : Good, flattish, scratchy, large dent at 11:00-01:00 - Rev. : Good, flattish, scratchy.
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