<— Last coin ----------     What I Like About Ancient Coins     ---------- Next coin —>
Last coin thumbnail   Next coin thumbnail
A bronze coin of Elagabalus from Nikopolis ad Istrum showing Pan with his foot on a panther. Coin Type: Bronze AE28 of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE
Mint and Date: Nicopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia, 218-222 CE
Size and Weight: 27mm x 28mm, 14.69g
Obverse: AVT M AVP ANTΩNINOC
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VΠ NOBIOVPOY ΦOV NIKOΠOLITΩN ΠPO
Pan, bearded, with the horns and legs of a goat, nude, standing facing, head right; treading with left foot on a supine panther to the right; holding a pedum (a shepherd's crook) over his shoulder with his right hand and with a nebris (fawn's-skin) draped over left arm.
Exergue: • CICTΠPΩ •
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 3949; AMNG I 1933.
Provenance: Ancient Coin Art, November 2008
BW Ref: 037 039 136
Click on the picture for a larger scale view of the coin
The content of this page was last updated on 25 July 2009