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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. After Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 4 Assaria (28mm, 11.15 g, 12h). Laureate head right; c/m: ∆ / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and [cornucopia]; c/m: NIKO. For countermarks: Howgego 553 and 782. Dark green to black patina with traces of red, light smoothing. Fine. Countermarks: VF. Undertype is a coin of Caracalla from Serdica.
From entry for Howgego 553: "One of a group of countermarks giving the name of a city and a mark of denomination by which cities validated worn coins. The comparative evidence from other cities makes it likely that the countermarks were official and not private graffiti."
From entry for Howgego 553: "One of a group of countermarks giving the name of a city and a mark of denomination by which cities validated worn coins. The comparative evidence from other cities makes it likely that the countermarks were official and not private graffiti."