Offer: Attributing of Nikopolis coins

Diadumenian. As Caesar, 217-218 AD. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Æ Assarion (17mm). Obv: Bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: Serpent-entwined staff. Similar to Varbanov 3605.

 

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Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Æ 17mm. Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: Star and crescent. Glossy green patina.

 

Thank you very much!

 

Thank you Jochen!

 

I have been digging through my Magical Box for Wayward Coins and have found a few Nikopolis.
Here are four:

Septimius Severus
Ae 18-19mm; 3.33g
AVKAICE(dot)/CEVHPOC
Laureate head right
NIKOPOLIT(dot)/PROCICTPO
Apollo standing left holding patera and branch


Septimius Serverus
Ae 16mm; 2.85g
AVKAICEP/CEVHPOC
Laureate bust right
NIKOPOLI/TWPOCIC
Apollo standing left leaning on tree


Elgabalus
Ae 26mm; 12.05g
AVP* AV *
Laureate head right
(VN NOB IOV POVΦOV) NIKOPOLITWN PROCICTR
O-N in fields
Herakles standing, facing, head left, leaning on club in right hand, lion skin draped over left forearm


Septimius Severus
Ae 27-29mm; 8.24g
magistrate Aurelius Gallus
AVKLCEPCEVHROCP
laureate head right
VP AV GALLOV NIKOPOLITWN
PROC (below)
Asklepios standing right, head left, holding serpent entwined staff

 

Hi Pete!

These are your coins:

(1) Plautilla, Aphrodite Pudica, HrHJ (2018) 8.21.15.1 (same dies), scarce (R6)
(2) Plautilla, Athena, HrHJ (2018) 8.21.4.3 (same dies)
(3) Diadumenian, Emperor on horse, HrHJ (2018) 8.25.34.1 (same dies)
(4) Elagabal, Mountain god Haimos, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.43.1 (same dies)
(5) pseudo-autonomous, Cista mystica, HrHJ (2018) 8.0.4.1
(6) Severus, Eros, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.16.11 (the legend break ΠOΛI - T was a give away)
(7) Severus, Priapos, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.17.4 if AV KAI CE, or 8.14.17.3 if AV KAI CEP. I vote for 17.4
(8) Diadumenian, Wine grapes, HrHJ (2018) 8.25.8.7 (same dies)
(9) Diadumenian, Snake staff, HrHJ (2018) 8.25.20.13 (same dies). Legend error: NIKOΛI. I have the same type.
(10) Caracalla, Crescent, HrHJ (2018) 8.18.48.-, not listed. Sometimes Caracalla and Elagabal are difficult to differentiate. But hear it is clearly Caracalla. I would like to add your coin to Nikopolis Addenda #6.

Best regards

 

Here are a few more, Jochen...


CARACALLA
AE17. 3.77g, 16.6mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 195-198 (as Caesar). cf. Varbanov 2976. 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.


SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, with JULIA DOMNA
AE18. 3.37g, 17.8mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 193-211. Varbanov 2825 var. (rev legend). O: [AV K L CE] CEVHPOC, laureate head right. R: [IO DO] NIKOPOLIT PROC I, draped bust right.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE18. 3.12g, 18.3mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 193-211. Varbanov 2571 var. (obv and rev legend) . O: AV K CЄ CЄVHPOC, laureate head right. R: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTP, double coiled serpent with head erect.

ELAGABALUS
AE27. 12.24g, 26.9mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa 218-222. Novius Rufus, legate. Varbanov 3949 (same dies); AMNG 1933 corr. (2 specimens). O: AVT M AVP – ANTΩNINOC (NO ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front. R: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPO, C ICTPΩ in exergue, Pan, with goats horns and legs, standing left, head right, draped in fawn skin, fawn hooves hanging from left arm, playing pipes (?), holding pedum in right hand, and placing left hoof on chest of panther which is lying on its back on the ground and raising its head.

ELAGABALUS
AE26. 10.43g, 26.4mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 218-222. Novius Rufus, consular legate. Varbanov 3891 var. (bust type). O: AYT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear. R: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦ8 NIKOΠOΛITΩN, river god reclining right, holding reed and resting on prow right; ΠPOC I in exergue, CT PON in two lines right field.

 

Hi arizonarobin!

These are your coins_
(1) Severus, Apollo, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.7.10 (same dies). It's Apollo with chlamys over l. shoulder, holding bow and patera. I have the same type.
(2) Severus, Apollo Sauroktonos, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.7.18 (same dies)
(3) Elagabal, Herakles, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.14.7 (same dies). Obv.: AVT K M AVPH - ANTΩNEINOC
(4) Severus, Asklepios, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.20.3. Rev.: NIKOΠOΛITΩ / ΠPOC I

Best regards

 

Hi zumbly!

(1) Caracalla, Crescent with 4 cross-shaped stars, HrHJ (2018) 8.18.48.18 corr. (same dies, but writes ANTΩNIN). I would like to add your to Nikopolis Addenda #6.
(2) Severus, Domna, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.34.32 (same dies)
(3) Severus, Snake, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.22.12 (same dies)
(4) Elagabal, Pan, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.18.1 (same dies). Rare (R7). An interesting rev. I have the same type.
(5) Elagabal, River god, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.32.2 (same dies). But 2nd OV of POVΦOV not ligate! I have the same type.

Actually "same dies" is not much worth because these types are struck in only small quantities in contrast to imperial coins.

Best regards

 

Thanks, Jochen! And, yes, by all means please feel free to add the coin to your Addenda #6.

 

THANKS Jochen!!!
Again, please feel free to use my coins and images toward your great effort to advance numismatics.
Sorry I didn't have more new things for you.
I will gratefully add your references and changes to my web store.
Warm regards,
Pete

 

Zumbly,
I especially love your Pan reverse!!!!

 

Thanks, Pete. It’s one of my favourites.

 

Hi, @Jochen1 , I hope you don't mind me resurrecting this thread, but I am having difficulty finding this exact reverse die in online references. It is similar to AMNG I 2104, Moushmov 1488, and Varbanov 4146a, but it has different legend breaks and peculiar ligatures in its reverse die.

Do you have a reference for this exact reverse die?


Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman provincial Æ 27 mm.
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis, AD 241-244.
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC(block form C) ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ΥΠ CΑΒ ΜΟΔЄCΤΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛЄΙΤ-ΩΝ(ligate) ΠΡ(ligate)ΟC ΙCTP, Nimbate figure of snake-god Glycon, coiled and facing right.
Refs: C.f. AMNG I 2104; Moushmov 1488; Varbanov 4146a; H&J 8.36.22.3; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 708; BMC --; Sear --.

It appears to be a double die-match to this one, which CNG attributes to H&J 8.36.22.3. Is this a correct attribution???

 

Dear @Romancollector!

Thank you for your request. Here is your coin:

Obv.: AVT K M ANT Γ-OPΔIANOC AVΓ
Bust draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.
Rev.: VΠ CAB MOΔECTOV - NIKOΠOΛEIT / ΩN ΠPOC ICTP
Glykon snake on rod in 2 coils erecting r.; head surrounded by nimbus
Ref.: a) not in AMNG
b) Varbanov 4146 corr. (same dies, but writes AVΓ in error)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.36.22.4 (same dies)

Notes:
(1) AMNG has only the type "Snake erecting in several coils, head with nimbus r.", No. 2104
(2) Varbanov basically does not consider legend breaks or ligatures. But on the depicted coin you can clearly read AVΓ without ligature.
(3) Because Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov is a work in progress and a new updated edition will be published every 1-2 years, it is necessary to always note the year of the edition.
(4) The coin from CNG is a double die match to your coin.

Best regards
Jochen

 

Thank you so much, @Jochen1 , I really appreciate it!

 

@Jochen1 Can you please help me attribute this one? It is quite worn and my pictures aren't good, but I am including two for each side with lighting from opposite sides. If better ones would help for the attribution, I can ask my husband to take better ones.

I think it is Macrinus - Zeus seated, Nikopolis ad Istrum,
26 x 27 mm, 13.259 g

 

Dear @cmezner!

Thank you for your post. For sure it is Macrinus from Nikopolis ad Istrum with Zeus on rev. This motive is known from 3 types with nearly the same depiction on obv. and. rev.:
(1) HrHJ (2020) 8.23.1.2, struck under Pontianus:
But here PR - OC is distributed across the field in contrast to your coin.
(2) HrHJ (2020) 8.23.1.3, struck under Marcus Claudius Agrippa:
Here the shape of the ties is different and the K of AV K is located on the left at the level of the bend of the left tie upwards while on your coin it is to the left of the top of the left tie.
(3) So your coin is type #3, struck under Marcus Claudius Agrippa too:
obv. [AV] K OPPEL CE - [VH MAKRI]NOC
Laureate head r.
rev. [VP AGRIPPA NI - K - ]OPOLITWN PR / OC ICTR
Zeus in himation enthroned l., resting with raised l. hand on long sceptre and holding in extended r. hand patera
ref.: a) AMNG I/1, 1683 (2 ex., Gotha [Mionnet], Vaillant)
b) Varbanov 3371
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2020) 8.23.1.4

Best regards
Jochen

 

Dear Jochen,

Thank you so very much for your attribution, awesome and so fast! Impressive,
Chapeau

Best regards
Chris

 

I only have a few Nikopolis issues, all rather rough.
Hope these come in handy.

Caracalla.
Obv: ---- ANTΩNIΗ
Rev: Nikopolis, crescent with star
Diam: 16mm
Weight: 4.0g


Caracalla.
Obv: MAV-ANT---. Bare head right.
Rev: NIKOPOL--- Athena standing with shield on side and extended arm.
Diam: 17mm
Weight: 2.6g



Caracalla.
Obv: bust right
Rev: NIKOPOLITON. Grape cluster.
Diam: 18mm
Weight: 2.7g


Septimius Severus.
Diam: 15mm
Weight: 2.4g