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ID:     34638
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     Moesia Inferior
City:     Nicopolis ad Istrum
Issuer:     Septimius Severus
Date Ruled:     A.D. 193-211
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Pentassaria
Date Struck:     A.D. 193-211
Diameter:     26 mm
Weight:     11.7 g
Die Axis:     0.5 h
Obverse Legend:     AV K Λ CE CEVHPOC Π
Obverse Description:     Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     VΠ AVCΠEKOC NIKOΠOΛITΩN [ ]
Reverse Description:     Dionysis standing left holding thyros and bunch of grapes
Primary Reference:     Moushmov 937
Photograph Credit:     Kurt Ellenberger
Notes:     Legate Pollenius Auspex, unclear which object Dionysis is holding, it could be a kantharos