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Æ18 - Antoninus Pius ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Weight | 3.05 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the characteristic portraiture style of the Antonine provincial coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's distinctive beard and facial features within a plain field. A partially legible Greek legend runs around the periphery, partially worn due to the coin's irregular flan and surface corrosion. |
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| Reverse description | Standing full-length figure of the veiled goddess Demeter, facing left, draped in chiton and himation with a veil over her head. She holds two ears of grain in her right hand and a long torch in her left, attributes emblematic of her role as goddess of the harvest and the Eleusinian Mysteries. The Greek civic legend is disposed around the field, identifying Nicomedia as a metropolis. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show considerable wear consistent with circulation. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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