Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 06. Antoninus Pius, HrHJ (2018) 8.6.09.01 (plate coin)

Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161
AE 34(!), 22.11g, 33.81mm, 345°
obv. AVT AI ADRIA - ANTWNEINOC
laureate head r.
rev. NEIKOPO - LEITWN - PROC ICTRW
Nike in long garment and open wings stg. r., r. foot set on helmet(?), writing with r. hand on shield hold
with l. hand on garlanded stele
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1219, pl. XVI, 14 (1 ex., Copenhagen)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2129
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.6.9.1 (plate coin)
Extremely rare (R9), about VF/F+, black green patina, flan damage on rev.

From the seller: "This coin strikes me as somewhat odd. First, it seems that the face of the obverse die was slightly different than the face of the obverse die. The next characteristic is that I believe the planchet is an imperial sestertius."

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