Catalog
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!
Æ23 - Elagabalus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
|---|---|
| Year | 218-222 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| 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 Emperor Elagabalus facing right, depicted with youthful features consistent with his early reign portraiture. The effigy is rendered in low to medium relief typical of provincial Bithynian coinage of the early third century AD. The circular legend surrounds the portrait in Greek characters, reading Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus). The coin surface shows natural green and brown patination with some granularity in the fields. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Tyche seated left on a high-backed throne, wearing a kalathos (modius-style crown) upon her head, a divine personification of the city's fortune. She holds a long torch in one hand and corn ears (wheat stalks) in the other, symbolizing abundance and civic prosperity. The composition is characteristic of Nicaean civic reverse types under the Severan dynasty. The ethnic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (of the Nicaeans) appears in the field or around the central device, identifying the issuing city. The overall style reflects the provincial engraving tradition of Bithynian mint workshops of the early third century AD. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |