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A copper coin of Elagabalus from Nikopolis ad Istrum showing the club of Herakles. Coin Type: Copper assarion of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE.
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia, 218-222 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm x 20mm, 2.45g.
Obverse: AVT M AVP ANTΩNEINO
Laureate head right.
Reverse: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC
Club of Herakles, vertical; thicker end downwards.
Provenance: slaveycoins (eBay), April 2010.
Ref: Varbanov I (English) —; AMNG I — (but see the similar 1608); Hristova/Jekov (2009) —; (2011) 8.26.14.8 corr.
BW Ref: 050 049 157
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Note: This coin (and this photo of it) is shown in the sidebar of Hristova/Jekov second edition. The obverse legend is incorrectly given as having a terminal C.

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