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Coin Type: Bronze AE28 of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE Mint and Date: Nikopolis 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; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.26.18.1. Provenance: Ancient Coin Art, November 2008 BW Ref: 037 039 136 |
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