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Æ25 - Elagabalus YΠ ΝΟΒΙΟY PΟYΦΟY NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPON, Consular Legate Novius Rufus
| Issuer | Nicopolis ad Istrum |
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| Year | 218-222 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Elagabalus facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Moesian civic bronzes. The imperial portrait displays a radiate wreath of laurel over the brow, with drapery visible at the shoulder. The Greek imperial titulature legend runs around the periphery of the flan. The coin exhibits a heavily patinated surface with green encrustation consistent with prolonged burial. |
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| Obverse lettering | AY K M AYΡH ANTΩNINOC (Translation: (Αυτοκράτωρ Καίσαρ Μάρκου Αυρήλιου Αντωνίνος) `Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninos`.) |
| Reverse description | Hermes standing left with legs crossed in a contrapposto pose, depicted nude save for a chlamys draped over the right shoulder and wearing krepides (winged boots). The deity holds a caduceus (serpent-entwined staff) in his right hand. The composition is characteristic of the Nicopolis ad Istrum municipal bronze coinage under the consular legate Novius Rufus, with the magistrate's name and civic ethnic legend distributed around the figure in two lines. |
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