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v38_0561 - MOESIA - NICOPOLIS Hemiassarion, (PB, Æ 12)

MOESIA - NICOPOLIS Hemiassarion, (PB, Æ 12) AU
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Type : Hemiassarion, (PB, Æ 12)
Date: c. 106-150
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais. Portrait de toute beauté. Revers légèrement décentré. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Niké (la Victoire) à droite ; l’aile visible derrière la tête ainsi que la palme.

Reverse


Reverse description : Croissant de lune surmonté de trois étoiles.
Reverse legend : [PRO]S - ISTRON (Pros Istros)
Reverse translation : (Près de l’Istrus).

Commentary


Poids lourd. La plus petite dénomination frappée à Nicopolis. Au droit, nous ne semblons pas avoir de légende. La ville ne serait identifiée que par son revers grâce à la mention (près de l’Istrus). Mais le droit est éponyme avec la Niké (la Victoire) pour Nicopolis. Ce type pourrait constituer une émission inaugurale du monnayage sous le règne de Trajan. Au revers, croissant de lune et étoiles se rencontrent souvent sur le monnayage des Sévères. Nous avons un bel exemple de symbole luni-solaire. Semble de la plus grande rareté et manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
Heavyweight. The smallest denomination minted at Nicopolis. On the obverse, we don't seem to have a legend. The city would only be identified by its reverse thanks to the mention (near the Istrus). But the obverse is eponymous with Nike (Victory) for Nicopolis. This type could constitute an inaugural issue of the coinage under the reign of Trajan. On the reverse, crescent moon and stars are often found on the coinage of the Severans. We have a fine example of a lunisolar symbol. Seems extremely rare and missing from all the works consulted

Historical background


MOESIA - NICOPOLIS

(2nd - 3rd century AD)

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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