v24_0373 - MOESIA - NICOPOLIS - ANTONINUS PIUS Assarion

MOESIA - NICOPOLIS - ANTONINUS PIUS Assarion AU

MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €

Type : Assarion

Date: c. 140-145

Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie inférieure

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,89 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert foncé. Très beau revers

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - GIC.- - Cop.- - AMNG. 1/- - Evelpidis- - SNG/H.-

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête nue d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O°).

Obverse legend : AUT AI [ADR] - ANTWNEIN, (Autokratoros Ailios Adrianos Antwneinos).

Obverse translation : (L’empereur Aélius Hadrien Antonin).

Reverse

Reverse description : Grappe de raisin.

Reverse legend : NIKOPO-LEITWN.

Reverse translation : (de Nicopolis).

Commentary

Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés. Le seul exemplaire que nous ayons rencontré se trouve dans une liste G. Blançon consacrée à la Mésie et à la Dacie, témoignage du monnayage colonial romain dans les Balkans.

Historical background

MOESIA - NICOPOLIS - ANTONINUS PIUS

(02/25/138-03/7/161)

Nicopolis, located on the Istrus, a tributary of the Danube, first belonged to the province of Thrace and was then attached to that of Lower Moesia. The coinage of Nicopolis began under Antoninus and lasted until Gordian III. Nicopolis had been built by Trajan to commemorate his victory over the Dacians. Under the Antonines, the coins include the name of the legates (Hegemon) of the province of Thrace when Nicopolis was attached to this province. On the coins, the name of Nicopolis is inscribed "Nikopoleitwn pros Istron". On September 28, 1396, Bajazet crushed the Frankish and Hungarian coalition there, opening the gates of the Balkans to the Turks for five centuries..