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Æ24 - Marcus Aurelius ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Sarapis facing right, wearing the distinctive kalathos (modius), the cylindrical crown emblematic of the god's chthonic and celestial authority. The flowing locks and characteristic full beard of the deity are rendered in typical Hellenistic-Egyptian style as commonly found on provincial coinage of Bithynia. The ethnic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ is disposed around the field, identifying the issuing city of Nicaea. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Translation: of the Nicaeans) |
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Nicaea's civic bronze output under Marcus Aurelius was prolific — the city leveraged imperial portraiture aggressively to assert its ongoing rivalry with Nicomedia for primacy in Bithynia, a competition that played out as much through coinage volume and quality as through formal petitions to Rome.