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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 8066512, member: 82549"]I'm not sure where it's from, but I agree that it's Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. The obverse portrait looks like him, and it has the same obverse legend as this coin from my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398477[/ATTACH]</p><p><u><b>Marcus Aurelius</b></u></p><p><i>Caesar, A.D. 139-161</i></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 161-180</i></p><p>Provincial Bronze (AE26)</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, before A.D. 161</p><p>Obv: AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP</p><p>Rev: NEIKOΠOΛEITΩNΠPOC IC - Serapis, standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing with patera over altar.</p><p>Unlisted in Moushmov [or RPC?]; unpublished?</p><p>26mm, 11.0g. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a needless tangent, I sent this information and photo to RPC online and never heard back from them. I'm not sure why not. I haven't been able to find it anywhere in their database. Perhaps they've already recorded it and I've missed it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 8066512, member: 82549"]I'm not sure where it's from, but I agree that it's Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. The obverse portrait looks like him, and it has the same obverse legend as this coin from my collection: [ATTACH=full]1398477[/ATTACH] [U][B]Marcus Aurelius[/B][/U] [I]Caesar, A.D. 139-161 Augustus, A.D. 161-180[/I] Provincial Bronze (AE26) Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, before A.D. 161 Obv: AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP Rev: NEIKOΠOΛEITΩNΠPOC IC - Serapis, standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing with patera over altar. Unlisted in Moushmov [or RPC?]; unpublished? 26mm, 11.0g. As a needless tangent, I sent this information and photo to RPC online and never heard back from them. I'm not sure why not. I haven't been able to find it anywhere in their database. Perhaps they've already recorded it and I've missed it?[/QUOTE]
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