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Another of last months purchases. Nikopolis Cop 285 Elagabalus AE26 of Nikopolis ad Istrum, 218-222AD. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VP-NOBIOV-ROVFOV-NIKOPO-LITWN P-ROC ICT-RON, legend in seven lines within wreath,Cop 285; Varbanov 4039. 26mm, 8.5gms   Edited by jessvc1
01/04/2012 9:06 pm
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Interesting coin. Too bad the obverse is so worn. I'm not doubting the attribution, but did you attribute or did the seller? If the seller, did you confirm? I have found so many mis-attributed coins for sale lately. I haven't looked yet on this coin. I'm just curious.
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I'm not questioning you or the attribution. Its just that lately I have found way too many coins being sold as one thing and actually being something else. In fact, I found some mistakes on wildwinds as well, but I'm not criticizing it. That had to be hard work to put together and harder work to maintain.
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I've also found more than a few mis-attributed coins even in the short time I've been collecting. It was surprising at first. Not so much after that.
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I just looked at I think you are correct on this one.
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David Sear's book 'Greek Imperial Coins' should at least show something similar. There is a least enough clear detail on the reverse to help accurately with the attribution.
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another coin from this emperor with a bow and arrow reverse. 26mm 13gms   |
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That is Artemis with her hound. Same magistrate and city with everything spelled out even if it required finishing the legend across the reverse field. This is a nice reverse. Compare it to this one from another city. As an exercise, would anyone care to identify it?  |
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does the are to the left of artemus make it from rome?
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I don't think I should -- it wouldn't be fair :)
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The legends on all coins shown so far on this thread are in Greek. The Greek letter 'gamma' to the left of Artemis means the coin is a 3 assaria denomination. The Greek system used the letters of their alphabet for numerals and gamma was the third letter so it stood for 3. You have possibly seen it before as a workshop letter on a late Roman coin from a mint that used Greek numerals for that purpose. The Greek letter for are is 'rho' which looks like English P. You may have seen it before as part of the Chi-Rho symbol (X over P) for Christ sometimes used on late Roman coins.
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Nikopolis ad Istrum , Elagabalus Æ26 Legate: Novius Rufus
OBVERSE: AVT K M APH ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: VP NOBIOV POVFOV NIKOPOLEITWN P RO CIC-T-PON across, Artemis advancing right holding bow, reaching for arrow from quiver on back, hound at foot
It might be this, but it looks like the E is missing after POL on the rev. of OP's Artemis coin.
I don't know about dougsmit's coin yet
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01/14/2012 12:47 pm
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That was my Mar3.1a. http://www.diadumenian.com/marcianopolis3.htmlOther references being Moushmov 588; AMNG I, 249, 787; SNG Budapest 157; Hristova/Jekov 6.25.13.1 (r4); Varbanov (Eng.) Vol1. No. 1310 - though of course some of those are generic and do not differenciate between dies. There were only two types of 3 assaria coins issued for this ruler at Marcianopolis - the Artemis type and the three graces type. That's a nice example too. |
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