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| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC IV.1#5916 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Demeter standing and facing right, depicted in full figure aboard a biga drawn by two winged serpents with coiling bodies, their forms rendered in the distinctive style of Bithynian civic coinage. The goddess holds a long torch in her extended hand, symbolising her role as deity of grain and the harvest. The ethnic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ is inscribed in the field or along the periphery, identifying the issuing city of Nicaea. The reverse composition reflects the strong Hellenistic religious traditions maintained by Nicaea under Roman imperial rule. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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