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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3179690, member: 57495"]Nice coin! I like that pharaoh's beard, but as you say, it's probably a die defect. The one in the link below looks very close to yours, with the description noting that it's a rare five-star variety. I don't have the H&J reference they give a number for. </p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2199286" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2199286" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2199286</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My four-star example with the cross-shaped stars. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]819205[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AE17. 3.77g, 16.6mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 195-198 (as Caesar). Varbanov 2976 var. (obv and rev legends). O: AV KEC ANTΩN, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: NIKOΠOΛI ΠPOC ICTP, three cross-shaped stars within crescent, a fourth below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3179690, member: 57495"]Nice coin! I like that pharaoh's beard, but as you say, it's probably a die defect. The one in the link below looks very close to yours, with the description noting that it's a rare five-star variety. I don't have the H&J reference they give a number for. [url]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2199286[/url] My four-star example with the cross-shaped stars. [ATTACH=full]819205[/ATTACH] [B]CARACALLA[/B] AE17. 3.77g, 16.6mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 195-198 (as Caesar). Varbanov 2976 var. (obv and rev legends). O: AV KEC ANTΩN, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: NIKOΠOΛI ΠPOC ICTP, three cross-shaped stars within crescent, a fourth below.[/QUOTE]
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