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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Nikopolis| > BB83890
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior
|Nikopolis|, |Septimius| |Severus,| |9| |April| |193| |-| |4| |February| |211| |A.D.,| |Nikopolis| |ad| |Istrum,| |Moesia| |Inferior|, Nicopolis ad Istrum was founded by Trajan around 101 - 106, at the junction of the Iatrus (Yantra) and the Rositsa rivers, in memory of his victory over the Dacians. Its ruins are located at the village of Nikyup, 20 km north of Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria. The town reached its peak during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian, the Antonines and the Severan dynasty.
BB83890. Bronze assarion, H-H-J Nikopolis 8.14.9.27 (R2), AMNG I/I 1371, Moushmov 920, Varbanov I 2526 (R4) corr. (obv. leg), SNG Cop -, F, green patina in fields with coppery types and legends, rough, tight and slightly ragged flan, Nicopolis ad Istrum (Nikyup, Bulgaria) mint, weight 1.361g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, die axis 0o, obverse AV KAI CE - CEVHPOC, laureate head right; reverse NIKOΠOΛIT-ΩN ΠPOC IC, Nike standing left, leaning with left forearm on a waist-high column, wreath downward in right hand, palm frond in left hand and cradled in left arm; SOLD











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