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Æ13 - Antoninus Pius ΝΕΙΚΟ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, with paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic beard and wavy hair rendered in the provincial die-cutting style. A partial Greek legend appears in the field to the left and right of the bust. The coin is struck within a beaded border on an irregularly shaped flan typical of small Bithynian provincial bronze coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A tall torch set vertically in the centre of the field, entwined by a serpent whose head rises to the right at the top of the shaft. The type is associated with Asclepian or Dionysiac cult imagery and is characteristic of Nicomedian civic bronze issues. The Greek civic legend ΝΕΙΚΟ is distributed around the field. The design is contained within a beaded border, and the flan displays the irregular edges common to small provincial hammered bronzes. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΕΙΚΟ (Translation: of the Nicomedians) |
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