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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5280374, member: 85693&quot;]Just got this one from eBay.&nbsp; It was issued for Caracalla, I think, with a crescent and one star on the reverse.&nbsp; 17mm / 3.19 grams. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221050[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a bit stuck on the identification because I cannot find an exact match to the legends.&nbsp; As I make them out on mine:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>M AVΡ KAI ANTΩNIN, youthful, bare head right / </b></p><p><b>NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC ICTΡ(O?), Star in crescent moon.</b></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The closest I came were these two:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Example #1:</b>&nbsp; Similar, but the obverse legend ends with O, which mine does not (from FORVM) - although the photo doesn&#039;t really show an O?&nbsp; This one looks so much like mine I suspect an obverse die match:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>Obverse: M AYP KAI•ANTΩNIN<b><span style="color: #ff0000">O </span></b>Bare head right.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPO •&nbsp; Star in crescent moon.</p><p>Moushmov 1118; Varbanov I (English) —; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.18.48.2.</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/caracalla_048.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/caracalla_048.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/caracalla_048.html</a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221053[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Example #2:&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>From Wildwinds, this is similar as well, but the reverse legend ends with N, which I don&#039;t think it does on mine (both mine and this one have damage in that area, so I am not sure)</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>M AVΡ KA ANTΩNIN, youthful, bare head right /</p><p>NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC ICTΡO<span style="color: #ff0000"><b>N</b></span>, Crescent and one star.</p><p>Varbanov 2999 var (rev. legend); AMNG 1513 var (both legends); Moushmov</p><p>1116 var.; Nikopolis Mueller 179</p><p><a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/caracalla/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/caracalla/t.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/caracalla/t.html</a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>This Wildwinds example also looks a lot like mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221051[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Any help much appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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