Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 18. Caracalla, HrHJ (2018) 8.18.08.05 #3

Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 28, 11.69g, 28.08mm, 0°
struck under governor Flavius Ulpianus
obv. AV K.M.AVR - ANTWNINOC
Bust, cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. V FL OVLPIANOVN - I - KOPOLI PROC I (VN ligate!)
Dionysos, nude, wearing boots, stg. frontal, head l., resting with raised l. hand ribboned
thyrsos and holding in lowered r. hand kantharos; at his feet l. the panther, std. l. with
raised paw and looking up to him.
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.18.8.5
F+, blunt black-green patina, some corrosion

An interesting legend error:
The ligate VN seems to be a correction of an error of the die cutter. I think he has forgotten to cut the last V of OVLPIANOV and has then changed the N of NIKOPOLI so that it could be read as V and N simultaneously. I have another type with the same ligature of Novius Rufus for Elagabal, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.47.1