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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 4487171, member: 103829&quot;]Dear friends!</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently I got an interesting so-called &quot;barbaric&quot; imitation of Nikopolis where I need help.</p><p><br /></p><p>AE 16, 3.63g, 16.41mm, 210°</p><p>obv. AVT K M A[VP] - [ANTΩNINOC]</p><p>Bust, draped and cuirassed laureate, r.</p><p>rev. NIKOΠO - [ΛI]TΩN (from upper right)</p><p>unknown object</p><p>ref. a) not in AMNG</p><p>b) not in Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018):</p><p>rev. not listed</p><p>obv. cf. No. 8(?).26(?).8.1</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113688[/ATTACH] </p><p>The problem is the unknown object. I am aware that there is the opinion that imitations are not bound to realities in the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=choice" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=choice"><u>choice</u></a> of their backsides. But I think that the die cutter must have <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had"><u>had</u></a> a role model. Here I have the question, what could it have been ? Unfortunately a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=part" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=part"><u>part</u></a> of the representation is damaged by a die break.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore I have shown the back <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=3142" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=3142"><u>side</u></a> again and marked clear structures yellow for comparison.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113689[/ATTACH] </p><p>Now I only <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1840" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1840"><u>hope</u></a> that somebody has a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=good" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=good"><u>good</u></a> idea!</p><p><br /></p><p>With thanks in advance</p><p>Jochen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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