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| OBV | VIC AVG, Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm | | REV | COHOR PRAE PHIL, three military standards | These coins are known as "provincial" coins because they were minted by one of the Roman Emperors within one of the Roman Provinces generally using Greek nomenclature
There were a huge number of these coins minted mostly in the second and third centuries
This coin was minted in the ancient city of Philippi, in eastern Macedonia
The coin continued to be minted until the reign of Vespasian
Augustus Æ Semis (20 mm, 2.60 gm) Small section of edge is bent
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