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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24656240, member: 26430"]Here's a relatively rare new addition to my "Captives" collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elagabalus AE26 from Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum. One captive can be seen under Elagabalus' foot and another cowers under a shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general, captives reverse types are much less common on Provincial coins than Imperial coins, so it's always interesting to consider why they used them here, now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, this is a very unusual reverse design. I haven't see it elsewhere. Does anyone recognize it?</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>ONLY THIS COIN IS MINE, THE OTHER THREE JUST FOR REFERENCE</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571087[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><b><b>ELAGABALUS AE Tetrassarion </b></b>(11.89g, 26.1mm), MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa 218-222, Novius Rufus, consular legate.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC. Laureate and draped bust right.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: VΠ NOBIOV POV ΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTP-O-N. Emperor standing left, foot on captive, crowned by Nike, between them a captive cowering beneath shield.</p><p><b>Ex</b>: [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]; George Spradling (<a href="http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=312869" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=312869" rel="nofollow">Coinproject 38-074</a>); J. Winnett Collection (<a href="https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/16683.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/16683.php" rel="nofollow">Tantalus 16683</a>, 26 Jun 2006); Heather Howard Collection (Elag.125 on her archived <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210518050334/https:/aeqvitas.com/photo.php?term=Elagabalus+&precanned=Roman_Imperial_and_Provincial" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210518050334/https:/aeqvitas.com/photo.php?term=Elagabalus+&precanned=Roman_Imperial_and_Provincial" rel="nofollow">Elagabalus Page</a>).</p><p><b>Published</b>: This coin = HHJ (8.26.34.2, 2015-2021 eds.), <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1197" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1197" rel="nofollow">RPC VI 1197 (Temp.)</a> ex. 1, and Wildwinds (first entry under Elagabalus on <a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/moesia/nikopolis/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/moesia/nikopolis/t.html" rel="nofollow">Moesia, Niko.</a>).</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, a better example of the same reverse but with a different obverse type showing the captives detail:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>NOT MY COIN</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1571088[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if these are supposed to be Dacian captives -- or perhaps Parthian and Arabian?</p><p><br /></p><p>Nikopolis ad Istrum (which means Danube) was founded by Trajan on the spot of his victory over the Dacians (who traditionally lived beyond the Danube). Roman coins are packed with images of Dacian captives.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the city also enjoyed a special relationship with the Severans *, having supported Septimius Severus in the civil wars. Septimius' coins at Nicopolis are vast in number and varied in type. Several types illustrated bound captives on either side of a trophy in much the same design as his famous PART ARAB PART AIDAB Sestertii struck in Rome. [<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=PART+ARAB+PART+ADIAB+sestert" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=PART+ARAB+PART+ADIAB+sestert" rel="nofollow">Examples on ACSearch</a>.] These may be continuous with that design.</p><p><br /></p><p>* <i>Apparently they angered Caracalla, who shut down the mint for a time.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A Septimius Type from Nikopolis, clearly modeled on the Sestertius below.</p><p>[<b>NOT MY COIN</b>]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571090[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Septimius RIC Sestertius from Rome</p><p>[<b>NOT MY COIN</b>]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571086[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24656240, member: 26430"]Here's a relatively rare new addition to my "Captives" collection. Elagabalus AE26 from Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum. One captive can be seen under Elagabalus' foot and another cowers under a shield. In general, captives reverse types are much less common on Provincial coins than Imperial coins, so it's always interesting to consider why they used them here, now. Also, this is a very unusual reverse design. I haven't see it elsewhere. Does anyone recognize it? [B][I]ONLY THIS COIN IS MINE, THE OTHER THREE JUST FOR REFERENCE[/I][/B] [ATTACH=full]1571087[/ATTACH] [INDENT][B][B]ELAGABALUS AE Tetrassarion [/B][/B](11.89g, 26.1mm), MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa 218-222, Novius Rufus, consular legate. [B]Obv[/B]: AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC. Laureate and draped bust right. [B]Rev[/B]: VΠ NOBIOV POV ΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTP-O-N. Emperor standing left, foot on captive, crowned by Nike, between them a captive cowering beneath shield. [B]Ex[/B]: [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]; George Spradling ([URL='http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=312869']Coinproject 38-074[/URL]); J. Winnett Collection ([URL='https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/16683.php']Tantalus 16683[/URL], 26 Jun 2006); Heather Howard Collection (Elag.125 on her archived [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20210518050334/https:/aeqvitas.com/photo.php?term=Elagabalus+&precanned=Roman_Imperial_and_Provincial']Elagabalus Page[/URL]). [B]Published[/B]: This coin = HHJ (8.26.34.2, 2015-2021 eds.), [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1197']RPC VI 1197 (Temp.)[/URL] ex. 1, and Wildwinds (first entry under Elagabalus on [URL='https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/moesia/nikopolis/t.html']Moesia, Niko.[/URL]).[/INDENT] For comparison, a better example of the same reverse but with a different obverse type showing the captives detail: [B]NOT MY COIN [ATTACH=full]1571088[/ATTACH] [/B] I wonder if these are supposed to be Dacian captives -- or perhaps Parthian and Arabian? Nikopolis ad Istrum (which means Danube) was founded by Trajan on the spot of his victory over the Dacians (who traditionally lived beyond the Danube). Roman coins are packed with images of Dacian captives. But the city also enjoyed a special relationship with the Severans *, having supported Septimius Severus in the civil wars. Septimius' coins at Nicopolis are vast in number and varied in type. Several types illustrated bound captives on either side of a trophy in much the same design as his famous PART ARAB PART AIDAB Sestertii struck in Rome. [[URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=PART+ARAB+PART+ADIAB+sestert']Examples on ACSearch[/URL].] These may be continuous with that design. * [I]Apparently they angered Caracalla, who shut down the mint for a time.[/I] A Septimius Type from Nikopolis, clearly modeled on the Sestertius below. [[B]NOT MY COIN[/B]] [ATTACH=full]1571090[/ATTACH] The Septimius RIC Sestertius from Rome [[B]NOT MY COIN[/B]] [ATTACH=full]1571086[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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