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Æ21 - Antoninus Pius ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC IV.1#5593 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Hephaestus, the divine smith, seated to the right upon a cippus, actively engaged in his craft. The god holds a helmet with tongs raised over a column or anvil, his hammer poised mid-strike in a dynamic composition illustrating his role as divine craftsman of the Olympian gods. This mythological type, referencing the patron deity associated with the metalworking tradition, was a prestigious reverse choice for the civic coinage of Nicomedia. The Greek legend encircling the field proclaims the city's status as metropolis and first city of Bithynia. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ (Translation: of Nicomedia, metropolis and first) |
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