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Æ28 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΑΓΑΘΩ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ?
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus to right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, the shoulder-fastened military cloak visible at the truncation. The portrait displays the characteristic full beard and curly hair associated with Verus's imperial coinage. A circular legend in Greek characters surrounds the bust within a beaded border. The flan shows characteristic irregularity typical of provincial hammered bronze coinage of the Antonine period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Selene-Hecate depicted standing, facing, with head turned to left, holding a long torch in one hand and a tall sceptre in the other. A crescent moon appears behind her shoulders, serving as her primary divine attribute and identifying emblem. The figure is rendered in the hieratic provincial style characteristic of Bithynian civic coinage, with the reverse legend distributed around the field. The type reflects the importance of lunar deity cults in the religious life of Nicaea during the Antonine period. |
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