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A bronze coin of the emperor Caracalla from Nikopolis ad Istrum with a reverse showing a crescent moon and two stars. 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, 198-217 CE
Size and Weight: 15mm x 17mm, 3.31g
Obverse: AVT KЄC ANTΩNEINO
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPO
Crescent moon on its back cradling an eight-pointed star with dots at its points; a smaller star below.
Provenance: numismata-antiqua (eBay), January 2011.
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 3015 var; AMNG I 1613 var; Hristova & Jekov (2009) 8.18.48.7; (2011) 8.18.48.8. (same dies).
BW Ref: 071 052 167
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