Author Topic: Hristova & Jekov, Nikopolis Addenda #1 (Read 118811 times)

rennrad12020 · « **Reply #375 on:** April 28, 2011, 08:57:16 pm »

#321

A recent acquisition from Germany:

AE 26 9.3g Septimius Severus Gallus Nikopolis ad Istrum

Ob: AV K Λ CE / CEVHPOC Π (eta + rho ligature)
Laureate draped and cuirasses bust right

Rev: VΠ AV]P ΓAΛΛOV ∙ NIKOΠO
Ex: ΠPOC IC∙

Eagle with wings folded on fulmen left, head right with wreath in beak

AMNG-; Varbanov (E) -; Ruzicka "Inedita aus Moesia Inferior" NZ (1917) –

Looks like someone tried to gouge the BD out of it. A very rare, new type for $12.

JPW

Jochen · « **Reply #376 on:** April 29, 2011, 08:18:19 am »

#322

A new die combination and a rev. variant

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 17, 2.7g
obv. [AV KAI?] - CEVHR[OC]
Head, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOPOLITW PROC ICT
Big eight-pointed star with dots at the end of the rays
ref. a) not in AMNG:
cf. AMNG I/1, 1444
b) not in Varbanov (engl.):
cf. #2430
c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
rev. No. 8.14.48.1 var.
obv. No. 8.14.48.3
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #377 on:** April 29, 2011, 08:20:47 am »

#323

A new legend error

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 17, 3.1g
obv. AV KL [...] - CEVHRO
Head, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOLIT - PROC ICTR
Homonoia, in long garment and mantle, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and
patera in outstretched r. hand
ref. a) not in AMNG:
cf. AMNG I/1, 1397
b) not in Varbanov (engl.):
cf. #2417
c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
cf. No. 8.14.36.8 (depiction only)
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #378 on:** April 29, 2011, 08:28:40 am »

#324

A completely new type

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 16, 2.95g, 16.46mm, 30°
obv. AV KAI - CEVHROC
   Head, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOPOLI PROC ICT.
   Altar from which snake in three coils is erecting r.
ref. a) not in AMNG
   b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov
It's a completely new type, but known from Commodus AMNG 1249
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

rennrad12020 · « **Reply #379 on:** April 29, 2011, 07:37:39 pm »

#325

Another beauty from my collection:

AE 28 10.4gr. Caracalla Gallus Nikopolis ad Istrum

Ob. AV ∙ K M ∙ AVP∙ - ANTΩNINOC
Laureate head right

Rev: VΠ AV ΓAΛΛOV - NIKOΠOΛITΩ
Ex: ΠPOC I∙

Athena standing right with inverse spear and shield

Hr/J -; AMNG - ; Varbanov (E) -

JPW

Jochen · « **Reply #380 on:** April 29, 2011, 07:44:33 pm »

Looks like a never ending story!

Jochen

Jochen · « **Reply #381 on:** May 05, 2011, 04:40:35 pm »

#326

A new die combination and some variations

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 26, 11.98g
obv. AV.K.L.CE. - CEVHROC P
   Head, laureate, r.
rev. VPA OOVI TERTVLLOV NIKOPOLI PROC I
   Herakles, nude, stg. r., lion's skin over l. arm, holding in outstretched r. hand bow and
   resting with r. hand on club.
ref. a) not in AMNG
   b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
   rev. No. 8.14.14.4 var. (has OOV)
   obv. No. 8.14.14.3 var. (has AV.K.L.C.)
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #382 on:** May 12, 2011, 03:43:26 am »

#327

A new die combination and a rev. legend variant

Gordian III, AD 238-244
AE 27, 11.99g, 26.94mm, 15°
struck under Sabinius Modestus
obv. AVT KM ANTWNIOC - GORDIANOC .
Bust, draped and cuirassed, radiate, r.
rev. VP CAB MODECTOV N - KOPODEITWN(sic!) P[ROC] (OV and WN ligate)
in re field one below the other I / C / T
in ex. RON
Tyche in long garment and mantle stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and in r. hand
rudder set on globe.
ref. a) not in AMNG:
rev. AMNG I/1, 2082 (different legend distribution and globe not mentioned)
obv. AMNg I/1, 2075 (Nemesis)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) not in Hristova/Jekov::
rev. No. 8.36.38.5 (different legend distribution in field)
obv. No. 8.36.46.5 (temple)
coll. Hoeft

The legend error D instead of L on the rev. could be a die break too.

Best regards

gordian_guy · « **Reply #383 on:** May 12, 2011, 03:19:28 pm »

Hi Jochen,

I have two examples of this particular die pair and both have the D instead of the L, so it would certainly seem to be in the die, either as a mistake or as you indicate a break.

c.rhodes

Jochen · « **Reply #384 on:** May 12, 2011, 03:50:59 pm »

Thanks for the hint!

Jochen

Jochen · « **Reply #385 on:** May 12, 2011, 04:30:38 pm »

#328

A new die combination

Geta as Caesar, AD 209-212
AE 16, 2.89g, 16.13mm, 30°
obv. MAR AV - GETAC
   Bust, draped, bare-headed, r.
rev. [NIKOPO]LIT - PROC [IC]
   Dionysos, nude, stg.l., holding kantharos in r. hand and resting with l. hand on filleted
   thyrsos
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1637 (1 ex., Wien)
   b) Varbanov (engl.) 3219
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
   rev. No. 8.22.8.4 (without pic)
   obv. f.e. No. 8.22.52.1 (basket)
coll. Hoeft

The obv. legend for Geta is incorrect. Wether it was the first legend for Geta is unclear (Pick)

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #386 on:** May 16, 2011, 05:06:44 am »

#329

A correction

Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 17, 2.30g, 16.5mm
obv. AV KM A - ANTWNIN
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOPOLI - P - ROC ICTR
Tyche, in long garment and mantle, wearing kalathos, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l.
arm and rudder in r. hand
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1598 (1 ex., München)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2932 (= AMNG 1598)
c) Hristova/Jekov No. 8.18.38.11 corr. (writes AV KM AVR and PRWC)
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #387 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:03:27 pm »

#330

A new rev. variant and an obv. correction

Caracalla as Caesar, AD 196-198
AE 17
obv. MAR AV KA - ANTONI
      Bare head r.
rev. NIKOPLIT(sic!) - PROC ICTRO
      Homonoia, in long garment and mantle, wearing kalathos, stg.l., holding cornucopiae in l.
      arm and patera in r. hand
ref. a) not in AMNG:
      cf. AMNG I/1, 1502
   b) Varbanov (engl.) 2966 var. (has MAR AV K and ANTONIN)
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov
      cf. No. 8.18.36.4 (obv. not readable, obv. legend incorrect)
coll. Hoeft

Legend error on rev.

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #388 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:35:09 pm »

#331

A new die combination and a rev. variant

Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 28, 11.0g
struck under Flavius Ulpianus
obv. AV KM AVR - ANTWNINOC
bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. V FL OVLPIA - N NI - KOPOLI / PROC I
Tyche, in long garment and mantle, wearing kalathos, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l.
arm and in r. hand rudder
ref. a) not in AMNG:
cf. AMNG I/1, 1579 (has laureate head and different legend break on rev.)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.):
cf. #3137 (= AMNG 1579)
c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
rev. No. 8.18.38.8 var. (different legend break)
obv. No. 8.18.38.6
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #389 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:04:42 am »

#332

A new rev.

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 18, 2..23g, 17.89mm, 225°
obv. AV KAI [C]E - CEVHROC(?)
Head, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOPO - .PROC [IC]
Athena with spear and patera stg.l., burning altar before her
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1363 (3 ex., Schmidt, Wien, Scott)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2227
c) not in Hristova/Jekov
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #390 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:06:51 am »

#333

A new die combination and a rev. legend variant

Caracalla as Caesar, AD 196-197
AE 18, 3.61g, 18.35mm, 225°
obv. MAR AV KA - [ANTWNIN]
   Bare head r.
rev. NIKOPOLIT PROC ICTR
   Bust of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, r.
ref. a) not in AMNG
   b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
   rev. No. 8.18.6.4 (different legend)
   obv. No. 8.18.16.3 (Eros)
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #391 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:08:45 am »

#334

A new die combination and a rev. legend variant

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 18, 2.31g, 17.74mm, 225°
obv. AV KL - CEVHROC
   Head, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOPOLITWN PROC IC
   Eagle with closed wings stg. l. on small staff, head with wreath in beak r.
ref. a) not in AMNG:
   cf. AMNG I/1, 1413 (different bust)
   b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
   rev. No. 8.14.1.37 var. (different legend)
   obv. No. 8.14.1.39
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #392 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:10:45 am »

#335

A new rev. die

Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 27, 11.26g
struck under Aurelius Gallus
obv. AV KM AV - ANTWNINOC
   Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. VPA.AVR GALLOV - NIKO - POLITWN. / PROC ICT / RON
   Nike in long garment and raised wings stg. l., head r., resting with l. arm on stele; palm-
   branch in l. arm and wreath in lowered r. hand
ref. a) not in AMNG:
   cf. AMNG I/1, 1544 (rev. without RON)
   b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
   cf. #3094 (= AMNG 1544)
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
   cf. No. 8.18.9.4 corr. (= AMNG 1544, but writes VP AVR)
coll. Hoeft

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #393 on:** June 16, 2011, 05:01:24 pm »

#336

A completely new type

Julia Domna, AD 193-217
AE 18, 5.44g, 18.04mm, 0°
obv. IOVL DO - CEBACT (corrected!)
   Bust draped, r.
rev. NIKOPOLIT PROC ICTRO
   laurel-wreath, dot in centre
ref. a) not in AMNG
   b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov
   possibly unpublished
coll. Hoeft

This type is known for Septimius Severus.

Best regards

Jochen · « **Reply #394 on:** June 16, 2011, 05:06:21 pm »

#337

A new die combination and a rev. legend correction

Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 27, 12.79g, 26.71mm, 30°
struck under Ovinius Tertullus
obv. AVT KAI.L.CEPTI. - CEVHROC PER
   Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. VPA.OBINI.TERTVLLOV.NIKOPOLEITWN / PROC ICTRO.
    Nike, bended forwards, in quadriga, galloping r.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1274 (1 ex., Paris)
      b) Varbanov (engl.) 2751
      c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
      rev. No. 8.14.9.10 corr. (writes OOV and NIKOPOLIT)
      obv. No. f.e. 8.14.38.4 (Tyche)
coll. Hoeft

This is the only type where Ovinius is written as OBINI. Pick writes: It is unclear wether CEPTI or CEPT. Here we see that it is clear CEPTI.!

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curtislclay · « **Reply #395 on:** June 16, 2011, 05:12:17 pm »

#336: an interesting rev. type, perhaps to be associated with congratulations sent by Nicopolis to the imperial family in 198 for the elevation of Caracalla to joint Augustus and Geta to Caesar.

I would read the obv. legend differently, IOVL DO - CEBACT or CEBACT[H], rather than IOVLLA.

Jochen · « **Reply #396 on:** June 16, 2011, 05:26:33 pm »

Thanks for your opinion. Yes, IOVL DO makes sense.

Best regards

slokind · « **Reply #397 on:** June 16, 2011, 11:29:47 pm »

As Curtis said, see also on #336
See http://teegeeoperanobilia.blogspot.com/2011/04/notes-on-comparable-small-brass-and.html
and the Picasa album, s.v. WREATH, VOID at https://picasaweb.google.com/slokind/STUDYNicopolisCoppersSmallBrass
where HrJ 8.18.54 7 and 8.22.54.2, which go with Domna's, are associated with the large Tertullus acclamation wreaths.
Pat L.

slokind · « **Reply #398 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:12:13 am »

#337
It is not a new die combination, though it is true that HrJ did not record the B in OBINI, which was in my records that I had sent:
• 11 03 06 Æ24.5 7.22g axis 1h. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Issued by Tertullus. Septimius Sevrus, draped bust to r. (Pick says with armor). [AVT] KAI L SEPT• SEVÊ[ROS PER]. Rev., Nike in quadriga, driving to r. VPA OBINI [TERT]VLLOV [NIKOPOLEITÔN] and in exergue PROS IS[TRO]. Pick, AMNG I, 1, p.359, no. 1274. Known to Pick from Paris, Mionnet, S. 2, 124, 399. I think the obv. reads SEPT•, but, like Pick, I cannot be certain it isn't I. Varbanov I (Bulg.), no. 2164, merely cites the bibliography numbers for Pick and Mushmov.
Lanz 123, May 2005, no. 661, however, is Julia's previously unrecorded counterpart, as with the pair of Haimos coins, and it settles the question of the exergue: no N at end.

Also, in the Study Album, https://picasaweb.google.com/slokind/TERTULLUSSTUDYGROUP#, see the same reverse die, cited in Lanz 123, for Julia, side by side. And the die pairing with Julia's having the unique obv die is emphasized in my study: Coins issued by Ovinius Tertullus at Nicopolis ad Istrum: I, Earliest http://teegeeoperanobilia.blogspot.com/2011/02/coins-issued-by-ovinius-tertullus-at.html

Also, see the other uses of the Septimius obv. die in that OPERA NOBILIA page on the earliest dies and, most important, die pairings. And the use of the Nike Quadriga die is already in HrJ, too: 8.17.9.1 Since this is the truly rare one, and it has that OBINI spelling (not that the now standard modern Greek and Slavic pronunciation of B was quite new even in the 190s), unique under Tertullus to this die, it is important to note that as usual SS and JD on these early issues share reverse dies. The B is legible on two specimens at 8.17.9.1.

Jochen's specimen of the Septimius quadriga is the finest of that rare coin and shows the iris of Septimius's eye undamaged and well preserved, but the die is hardly confined to the Tyche pairing, and its pairings are what is important.
Pat L.
Yes, I must finish my catalogue for the Tertullus project. It is badly needed to save persons the labor of looking in two places.

Jochen · « **Reply #399 on:** June 20, 2011, 03:36:41 pm »

#338

A new die combination and a rev. legend variant

Gordian III, AD 238-244
AE 27, 12.18g, 27.48mm, 345°
struck under Sabinius Modestus
obv. AVT.K.M.ANTW - GORDIANOC
    Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. VP CAB MODECT - OV NIKOPOLEITWN (OV ligate)
      in r. field one below the other P / R / O / C / I
      in ex. CTRON
   Hermes, nude, chlamys over l. arm, stg. l., holding kerykeion in l. arm and in extended r.
   hand purse; at his feet l. the cock stg. l., looking up to him
ref. a) not in AMNG
   b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
   c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
   rev. No.8.36.10.3 (depiction only, different legend)
   obv. f.e. No. 8.36.4.2 (Athena)
coll. Hoeft

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Author Topic: Hristova & Jekov, Nikopolis Addenda #1 (Read 118811 times)