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Æ17 - Commodus ΝΙΚΑΕΩ (sic)
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 177-192 |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The infant Dionysus seated in a cradle, turned to the left, with both arms extended outward in a gesturing or reaching pose. To the right of the cradle stands a transverse thyrsus, the characteristic staff of Dionysus wreathed in ivy and topped with a pine cone, serving as a divine attribute. The composition alludes to the mythological birth and nurturing of Dionysus, a theme particularly favored in the civic coinage of Nicaea. The reverse ethnic legend, rendered in the genitive plural, arcs around the type, identifying the issuing city. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΙΚΑΕΩΝ(sic) (Translation: of the Nicaeans) |
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