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Æ23 - Augustus ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΙΕΡΑ
| Issuer | Nicopolis (Achaea) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Reference(s) | RPC I 1369 |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Nicopolis, Epirus, modern-day Preveza, Greece |
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Nicopolis — "Victory City" — was founded by Augustus on the site of his camp before the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, a deliberate act of dynastic myth-making that forcibly synoikized surrounding populations from Ambracia, Anactorium, and other Epirote and Acarnanian communities. The city's coins, struck under Augustus's direct patronage, carry the epithet ΙΕΡΑ — sacred — a designation tied to the Actia games, which Augustus elevated to Panhellenic status, placing them on equal footing with the Olympics.
RPC I 1369 is among the earliest civic bronzes from the refounded city, produced while the Actia's new prestige was still being established.