v24_0373 - MOESIA - NICOPOLIS - ANTONINUS PIUS Assarion
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
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
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.
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from the main works consulted. The only example we have encountered is in a list by G. Blançon devoted to Moesia and Dacia, evidence of Roman colonial coinage in the Balkans.
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from the main works consulted. The only example we have encountered is in a list by G. Blançon devoted to Moesia and Dacia, evidence of Roman colonial coinage in the 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..
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