See full images - free registration

Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

Æ22 - Commodus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ

Issuer	Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus)
Year	177-192
Type	Log in to see details
Value	Log in to see details
Currency	Log in to see details
Composition	Bronze
Weight	Log in to see details
Diameter	Log in to see details
Thickness	Log in to see details
Shape	Log in to see details
Technique	Log in to see details
Orientation	Log in to see details
Engraver(s)	Log in to see details
In circulation to	Log in to see details
Reference(s)	Log in to see details

Obverse description	Laureate head of the emperor Commodus facing right, with characteristic curly hair and short beard, rendered in the provincial Greek style. The effigy displays a slightly draped shoulder visible at the bust truncation. The surrounding field carries the Greek imperial titulature legend distributed around the portrait. The flan is irregular and the strike moderately well-centred, consistent with provincial hammered coinage of the Antonine period.
Obverse script	Log in to see details
Obverse lettering	Log in to see details
Reverse description	Athena, the patron deity of Nicaea, depicted standing to the left in full figure, helmeted and wearing a long chiton and aegis. She extends her right hand forward presenting a small owl, while her left hand holds an upright spear. The civic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ is distributed around the figure in the field. The composition is typical of Bithynian provincial bronze coinage celebrating the city's divine patroness.
Reverse script	Log in to see details
Reverse lettering	Log in to see details
Edge	Plain
Mint	Log in to see details
Mintage	Log in to see details
Additional information	Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE