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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5146806, member: 87809&quot;]Coins of Thrace and Moesia have a rich variety of reverses. Many gods and personifications are used. In some cases, one can recognize famous statues and many others probably represent lost works of art.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only have two quite worn provincials, though it was really fun attributing them. This one has a beautiful toning, almost like orichalcum, but it&#039;s not :</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Tetrassarion, Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 217 - 218 AD</p><p>29 x 28 mm, 10.606 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Ref.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />ick, Behrend: Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd, AMNG I 1, No. 1736 (city goddess) or Demeter No.1734.1, p.444</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: AVT K M OΠEΛΛI CEVH MAKPINOC (Aut[okrator] K(aisar) M[arkos] Opel[ius] Seve[rus] Macrinus), hieratic laureate bust of Macrinus with short beard to r.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: ΥΠ CΤΑTIOY ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟΥ NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPΩ (Consular legate Statius Longinus, issued by the people of Nikopolis, at the river Ictro), Tyche enthroned to left, with mural crown, holding ears of corn and scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Statius Longinus was the first governor of Moesia Inferior to issue coins for Macrinus, and he used the Nikopolis mint exclusively.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1208040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1208042[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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