MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla, 198-217. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 29 mm, 14.83 g, 1 h), Flavius Ulpianus, legatus consularis, circa 210-211. AY K•M•AYP ANTΩNINOC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. Y ΦΛ•OYΛΠIAN NIKOΠΟΛI/T•ΠPOC I Zeus seated left on low throne, holding phiale in his right hand and long scepter in his left. AMNG I 1564. Hristova/Jekov 8.18.1.4. Varbanov 3155. A beautiful piece with a very attractive glossy patina. A few faint scratches on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLV.1, winter 2020, inv. no. 528353, from the E. L. Collection, Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 October 2019, 769 and ex Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, 611.