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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3051863, member: 56859"]City-states in Moesia Inferior produced some fantastic coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=75641]@nicholasz219[/USER], can you tell us a bit about why you chose the particular coins you bought? I'm always interested in that as much as the history of a given coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER], that Hristova book is mighty tempting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], I'm so envious of that Elagabalus!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of my Nikopolis ad Istrum provincials.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla</b></p><p>Ovinius Tertullus, legatus consularis.</p><p>AE 28, 13.05 gm</p><p>Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: VΠA OOVI TEPTOVΛΛOV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC Ι; Apollo Sauroktonos standing right, holding laurel branch and leaning hand upon a tree stump with a lizard climbing up it.</p><p>Ref: H&J 8.18.7.1; Varbanov -.</p><p><br /></p><p>This type had been shown a few times on CoinTalk and I love the iconography, although on this coin Apollo's pose is different than on the Praxiteles statue. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763891[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus</b></p><p>Æ 26 mm, 12.5 gm</p><p>CE 218/9, Novius Rufus, consular legate</p><p>Obv: ...ΠΗ ANTΩNEINOC΄ laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right</p><p>Rev: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKO[ΛOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC TP]; Athena standing left before serpent coiled around olive tree to left; shield on ground behind her</p><p>Ref: Hristova & Jekov 8.26.4.7 (same as last illus. Specimen); Varbanov 3906 (same dies as illus.); Moushmov 1384</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't claim to understand the reverse scene and why it appears on this coin from Nikopolis. Maybe it recalls Athena's creation of an olive tree as she competed with Poseidon for patronage of Athens? Where does the snake fit in? Did this scene copy a contemporary statue? There are other Severan Nikopolis coins showing Athena and a snake in which she's about to slash off the snake's head. On this coin they appear to be on good terms, just having a little chat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3051863, member: 56859"]City-states in Moesia Inferior produced some fantastic coins :). [USER=75641]@nicholasz219[/USER], can you tell us a bit about why you chose the particular coins you bought? I'm always interested in that as much as the history of a given coin. [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER], that Hristova book is mighty tempting. [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], I'm so envious of that Elagabalus! Here are some of my Nikopolis ad Istrum provincials. [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca~mv2.jpg[/IMG] [B]MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla[/B] Ovinius Tertullus, legatus consularis. AE 28, 13.05 gm Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: VΠA OOVI TEPTOVΛΛOV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC Ι; Apollo Sauroktonos standing right, holding laurel branch and leaning hand upon a tree stump with a lizard climbing up it. Ref: H&J 8.18.7.1; Varbanov -. This type had been shown a few times on CoinTalk and I love the iconography, although on this coin Apollo's pose is different than on the Praxiteles statue. [ATTACH=full]763891[/ATTACH] [B]MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus[/B] Æ 26 mm, 12.5 gm CE 218/9, Novius Rufus, consular legate Obv: ...ΠΗ ANTΩNEINOC΄ laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right Rev: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKO[ΛOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC TP]; Athena standing left before serpent coiled around olive tree to left; shield on ground behind her Ref: Hristova & Jekov 8.26.4.7 (same as last illus. Specimen); Varbanov 3906 (same dies as illus.); Moushmov 1384 I don't claim to understand the reverse scene and why it appears on this coin from Nikopolis. Maybe it recalls Athena's creation of an olive tree as she competed with Poseidon for patronage of Athens? Where does the snake fit in? Did this scene copy a contemporary statue? There are other Severan Nikopolis coins showing Athena and a snake in which she's about to slash off the snake's head. On this coin they appear to be on good terms, just having a little chat.[/QUOTE]
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