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MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Macrinus (AD 217-218). AE (25mm, 11.02 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, repatinated. Agrippa, magistrate. ΑΥ Κ ΟΠΠΕΛ CΕΥ-ΗΡΟC ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC, laureate bust of Macrinus right / ΥΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ-ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙ-ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC-ΙCΤΡΩ•, the Nymphaeum at Nicopolis: a semi-circular building with two stories of colonnaded porticos, the whole covered by a flat roof or removable awning, arched entrance with closed double doors. AMNG I 1719. Moushmov 1239. Price & Trell 48.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Amphora Coins (David Hendin), private sale with old dealer tag.
From Price & Trell, pp. 43-44 - "The nymphaeum was a temple of decorative type, dedicated to the nymphs and often included a watering place. The nymphaeum as a public building was quite rare in ancient times and only five coin buildings have been termed monumental nymphaea...at Rome, Hadrianopolis, Neocaesarea, Pella in Syria, and Nicopolis."
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MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Macrinus (AD 217-218). AE (25mm, 11.02 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, repatinated. Agrippa, magistrate. ΑΥ Κ ΟΠΠΕΛ CΕΥ-ΗΡΟC ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC, laureate bust of Macrinus right / ΥΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ-ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙ-ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC-ΙCΤΡΩ•, the Nymphaeum at Nicopolis: a semi-circular building with two stories of colonnaded porticos, the whole covered by a flat roof or removable awning, arched entrance with closed double doors. AMNG I 1719. Moushmov 1239. Price & Trell 48.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Amphora Coins (David Hendin), private sale with old dealer tag.
From Price & Trell, pp. 43-44 - "The nymphaeum was a temple of decorative type, dedicated to the nymphs and often included a watering place. The nymphaeum as a public building was quite rare in ancient times and only five coin buildings have been termed monumental nymphaea...at Rome, Hadrianopolis, Neocaesarea, Pella in Syria, and Nicopolis."
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-provincial/ancients-moesia-inferior-nicopolis-ad-istrum-macrinus-ad-217-218-ae-25mm-1102-gm-6h-ngc-xf-5-5-3-5-repa/a/61288-95142.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
HID02906262019
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