Roman Provincial coin – HCR135485

Obverse

Inscription:

ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (either side)

Design:

Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear; dotted border

Inscription:

ΥΠΑ ΟΟΥΙ ΤƐΡΤΥΛΛΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ Ι (around)

Design:

Apollo Sauroktonos, standing right, holding laurel branch, watching lizard on tree

Period

Roman Provincial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Septimius Severus

Person

Caracalla, emperor, 198 – 217 CE (ruler/authority) , Gaius Ovinius Tertullus, legatus Augusti pro praetore (magistrate)

Mint

Nicopolis ad Istrum

Denomination

Uncertain

Material

bronze

Technique

struck

Dating

198 CE – 201 (According to RPC)

Weight (g)

9.88

Axis

Diameter (mm)

27.2

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

14/1/1999

Source

W. M. Stancomb

Source of funds

D. M. Lewis Memorial Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased in memory of D. M. Lewis, 1999.

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