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Bronze - Æ 12-13 mm - 1,8 grams - Die Axis 06:00. |
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[NEIK•]-ΠOΛIT[ON] (Neikpolit(on) - Of the Nicopolitonians).
Youthful male head. Possibly Apollo, possibly the (symbolization or real representation of the) founder (Ktistęs) of Nicopolis. Then again it may be the Ktisis (foundress). |
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ΠP[OC IC-]TP[ΩN] (Pros Ictron - On the Istrus) .
Lion jumping up rightwards. Above tail ΠC, under the lion stands 'TP'. |
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This type of coin is called a 'pseudo-autonomous'. About dating nothing much can be said. They are called so since there is no emperor on obverse. Not much is known about them. Probably minted during the Antoninus Pius - Septimus Severus period. Maybe a sort of 'informally struck' coin, as in : before the granting of minting rights, or struck during periods that minting official coins was difficult (during inraids or civil war).
Provincially Minted in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Obv. : Good but worn - Rev. : Good but worn. |
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