Hi, Found this Alexander, first coin I bought. Is there any other information You can tell from the coin
There are several reverse variations on these that probably mean something to specialists but these are nice coins. Mine has a minor type of a thunderbolt.
Nice coin. Congratulations. There's something pretty powerful about holding a coin depicting such an important historical figure. Sometimes those beautiful green patinas can be very fragile. Some of the patina has already chipped off the reverse of your coin. Handle that coin very carefully to avoid losing any more of it. Put it in some kind of flip to protect it. It learned this the hard way with this coin below. It already had most of those large areas of broken patina, but when I first received it I made the problem worse--I think I lost two additional letters of the obverse inscription--before I realized how delicate it was: Marcus Aurelius Caesar, A.D. 139-161 Augustus, A.D. 161-180 Provincial Bronze (AE26) Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, before A.D. 161 Obv: AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP Rev: NEIKOΠOΛEITΩNΠPOC IC - Serapis, standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing with patera over altar. Unlisted in Moushmov or RPC; unpublished? 26mm, 11.0g.
Maybe Jochen can chip in on this. He is a co-author of HH&J, the “bible” on coins of Nicopolis ad Istrum.
