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Æ25 - Caracalla ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Caracalla facing right, depicted from behind to show the elaborate cuirass detail. The effigy displays youthful imperial features with a laurel wreath crowning the head. The circular Greek legend ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ surrounds the bust, rendered in the provincial workshop style characteristic of Bithynian civic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus enthroned left, wearing a himation draped over his lower body and left shoulder, his right hand extending a patera in an act of libation, while his left hand rests upon a tall vertical sceptre. The reverse type follows the standard civic iconography of Zeus as patron deity employed by Nicaean bronze coinage under the Severan dynasty. The ethnic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ occupies the field around the enthroned figure. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Translation: of the Nicaeans) |
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