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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 18. Caracalla, HrHJ (2018) 8.18.52.09 (plate coin)
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Caracalla as Caesar, AD 196-198
AE 15, 2.66g, 15.28mm, 225°
obv. M AV KAI - ANTWNIN[..] (letters upside-down!)
bust, draped, bare-headed, r.
rev. NIKOPOLIT PROC ICTR
Basket with handle, filled with fruits, on each side hanging a grape
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1511 (1 ex., Paris)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2947 var. (cites AMNG 1511 but has AV KM AVRHLI)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.18.52.9 (plate coin)
very rare, F+/VF
The same rev. is known from a type of Septimius Severus, AMNG 1430. Interesting obv. legend!
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