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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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