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Æ23 - Gordian III ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Empress Tranquillina facing right, depicted in the Roman imperial portrait tradition with elaborately arranged hair secured by a diadem. The effigy is rendered in low relief consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the mid-3rd century AD. The encircling Greek legend identifying the empress as Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta runs around the bust. The coin displays a heavy green patina with areas of earthen encrustation typical of an excavated specimen. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Athena, the patron deity of Nicaea, depicted standing left in full figure, clad in chiton and aegis, extending a patera in her right hand and holding a long spear vertically in her left. A round shield rests against her feet at lower left. The civic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ encircles the type in the field, identifying the issuing city. The composition follows a well-established Nicaean reverse type employed under the joint reign of Gordian III and Tranquillina. |
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