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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 00. pseudo-autonomous, HrHJ (2020) 8.0.48.02 #1 (plate coin)
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AE 14, 1.84g, 13.80mm, 180°
struck 2nd/3rd century AD
obv. (anepigraphic)
Bust of Nike as City-Goddess, winged, draped and turreted, palmbranch behind shoulders, r.
rev. NEIOPO (sic!) PROC ICTRON
Crescent with 3 stars
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.0.48.2 (plate coin)
rare (R7), about VF, dark green patina
Pick states that Nike must have been the eponymous goddess of Nikopolis, explaining the unusual number of Victory rev. types on the city's coinage.
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