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A copper coin of Caracalla from Nikopolis ad Istrum with a reverse showing a crescent moon and star Coin Type: Copper assarion of Caracalla, Caesar Dec 195 - 28 Jan 198 CE, Augustus 28 Jan 198 - 8 Apr 217 CE.
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia, 195-198 CE
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 3.09g
Obverse: M AYP KAI• ANTΩNINO
Bare head right.
Reverse: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPO •
Star in crescent moon.
Provenance: del550 (eBay), October 2008
Ref: Moushmov 1118; Varbanov I (English) —; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.18.48.2.
BW Ref: 048 039 133
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Note: This is the coin shown in the sidebars in Hristova/Jekov second edition. This die combination is not shown in the first edition.

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