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| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 177-192 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of the syncretic deity Sarapis facing right, wearing the distinctive kalathos (modius) atop his head, a hallmark iconographic attribute of this Egyptian god as assimilated into Graeco-Roman religious practice. The bust displays drapery over the left shoulder in the conventional provincial style. The ethnic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ curves around the field, identifying the issuing city of Nicaea. The overall style and execution are consistent with the civic bronze coinage of Bithynia under the Antonine dynasty. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Translation: of the Nicaeans) |
| Edge | Plain |
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