No idea who this is

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  1. cmezner

    cmezner do ut des Supporter

    I'm completely stuck with this coin.

    Could someone please help me out of my misery by identifying who this is:confused:

    In exergue, on the reverse, the mint mark is CTΩ or CTΔ

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  3. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Dealer

    I can read GETA to the right of the bust.
     
  4. Curtis

    Curtis Well-Known Member

    And, it's a little hard to read, but Nikopolis on the reverse.

    Appears to be this type:
    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2843126

    Roma Numismatics' description (link above), slightly edited (format/labels):

    Geta Æ32 of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-212.
    Obverse
    : AVT K Π CEΠ ΓETAC CEB, laureate head right /
    Reverse: OVΛΠ NIKOΠOΛEΩC ΠPOC MECTΩ (sic), Dionysos, naked, standing
    left, holding bunch of grapes and filleted thyrsos.
    References: Moushmov 1177 var. (legends); Varbanov 3276 var. (ditto); AMNG -.​
     
  5. TheNickelGuy

    TheNickelGuy Well-Known Member

    Nice coin and nice of you Curtis to help out.
     
  6. cmezner

    cmezner do ut des Supporter

    You guys are awesome! thank you so very much @Victor_Clark and @Curtis. Now I can rest assured.

     
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  7. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Also, the lettering in exergue isn’t really a mint mark. Rather an extension of the reverse legend. FYI
     
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  8. cmezner

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    Have been reading the Moshumov entry at wildwinds:
    https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/moushmov/nikopolis.html

    Since on the reverse of the coin there is clearly a caduceus, I think that it is the reverse shown on Plate XI, No. 2:
    https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/moushmov/plates/large/XI.jpg
    Hermes naked, standing mantle over his left hand, holding purse and caduceus

    But this is a reverse of Septimius Severus, there is no entry for Geta with this reverse :confused:

    Does this mean that they used a Septimius Severus die for the reverse and the obverse die for Geta?
     
  9. Curtis

    Curtis Well-Known Member

    Good catch! Yes, the caduceus definitely makes that Hermes w purse. Here's a example of your type with the corrected reverse: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8635148

    Nikopolis coinage is complicated -- and so is Moushmov's reference! I'm not exactly sure how Moushmov type nos. work, but as I recall, if the same reverse is used by multiple emperors, it's usually just shown once on the plates.
     
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