Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ28 - Philip I ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
|---|---|
| Year | 244-249 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 11.15 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Philip I (Philip the Arab) facing right, portrayed in three-quarter rear view, as was characteristic of his imperial portraiture. The radiate crown, comprising pointed rays, identifies the emperor's solar associations and military authority. The paludamentum (military cloak) is visible over the cuirass. The Greek legend encircles the bust along the periphery of the flan. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Nicaea's civic bronze issues under Philip I reflect the city's continued investment in local prestige coinage during a reign defined more by military crisis than administrative stability — Philip was managing Gothic pressure on the Danubian frontier and the fallout from Gordian III's death almost simultaneously. Civic mints in Bithynia operated with considerable autonomy during this period, producing bronze for local exchange while the imperial mints focused on silver.
The ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ethnic places this squarely within Nicaea's own civic identity, distinct from the Roman colonial apparatus.