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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3179229, member: 85693&quot;]I am still feeling my way with Roman Provincials - a fun process, but very confusing sometimes.&nbsp; Recently I got this AE Nicopolis ad Istrum with crescent and five stars.&nbsp; It was sold as a Caracalla - which may be right.&nbsp; But it could be Elagabalus too?&nbsp; The titles are the same and this portrait looks more like Elagabalus to me (puffier lips, hooded eyes).&nbsp; But Provincial portraits are variable, as several posts here indicate. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also odd:&nbsp; it looks as if the portrait has a long, braided Pharaoh-beard!&nbsp; This is probably just a die defect, but Elagabalus put horns (or a bull pizzle) on his head on some of his coins - any chance he affected a weird beard in the provinces? </p><p><br /></p><p>Other similar (or exact) examples welcome!&nbsp; Many thanks for your assistance. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818954[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Caracalla (?)&nbsp; Æ 17</b></p><p><b>(198-217 A.D. ?)</b></p><p><b>Roman Prov. - Moesia Inferior-<b>Nicopolis ad Istrum</b></b></p><p>AYKEMAY ANTΩNIN Laureate draped, cuirassed (?) bust right, NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC I Legend surrounding crescent and five stars. </p><p>(3.04 grams / 17m)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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