Caracalla from Nikopolis ad Istrum?

[krazy]

Greetings all! Could someone confirms me the coin bellow is struck for Caracalla in Nikopolis? It has 16 mm and weights 2.2 g. What is the semnification of the image represented on reverse?

Regards,
Dany 

[archivum]

Yours is actually a nice example of a Caracalla Severeian-Games issue from Nicaea, Bithynia, with a very unusual obverse legend (... ANTWNINON AYGOUSTON, not listed in Isegrim); for the prize-urn reverse with this full Severeian-Games legend see

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=36795.msg266702#msg266702

[Pscipio]

No, it's Nikaia / Nicaea in Bithynia. The reverse shows a prize-urn, a common link to games held in the town. In this case, it were the Severeia, games held in honour of Septimius Severus, as indicated by the legend: CEOVHPEIA NIKAIEΩN.

On a quick look, I could not find your coin in Waddington's Rec. Gén., SNG Aulock and SNG Leypold, so you might want to post it in the Nikaia thread: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=45586.150

Lars

PS: archivum was faster

[Jochen]

Sorry, that's not a price urn, but a prize basket! We have had so much threads about this object that I don't know why they are still mixed together. A price basket - recognizable for its palmbranch - is a vessel which the victorious athlet got as gift. Please take a look here https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=28925.msg188390#msg188390
And here is an article by Edith Specht clearing the problem http://homepage.univie.ac.at/elisabeth.trinkl/forum/forum0300/14specht.htm (in German)

Best regards

[krazy]

That was fast! Thank you archivum, Pscipio and Jochen for taking the time to enlighten me. I find quite interesting the story behind this historical coin.

Best regards  

[archivum]

Part of the reason that these broader prize-vessels have such controversial names may well be that they're one thing pretending to be something else; see the following posts for additional takes on the subject:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=28925.msg341796#msg341796
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=45188.msg347456#msg347456