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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3441227, member: 103829&quot;]Dear friends of Nikopolis!</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I got this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Caracalla, AD 198-217</p><p>AE 16, 2.19g, 15.5mm</p><p>obv. [AV K M A] - ANTWN[I?]</p><p>Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.</p><p>rev. NIKOPOLI[T] - PROC ICT.</p><p>Altar with basket (cista mystica?) from which a snake is coiling up</p><p>ref. a) not in AMNG</p><p>b) not in Varbanov</p><p>c) not in Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018):</p><p>rev. cf. No. 8.14.47.31 corr. (for Severus, same die)</p><p>obv. e.g. No. 8.18.46.14</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]913590[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A similar coin is known for Severus. It is another example for a parallel issue for members of the imperial family.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913595[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This type was described as &quot;altar, on which snake is coiling, head l.&quot; This new coin has far the best preserved rev. I have seen until now. And my suspicion that the old description is not correct is proven. It can&#039;t be a snake alone because there are structures above the altar not compatible with a snake alone. The snake winds around horizontal objects (bars, grids?) So I think it is a basket or a similar container set on the altar in which the snake is coiling up.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? Each opinion is appreciated!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance</p><p>Jochen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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