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Æ28 - Septimius Severus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing right, rendered from a rear three-quarter perspective, with the muscled cuirass and paludamentum (military cloak) clearly visible. The emperor's portrait displays the characteristic youthful features associated with Caracalla during the co-reign period. The Greek legend encircles the bust within the field, distributed across both sides of the effigy. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of fortune and civic prosperity, depicted standing facing with head turned to the left, draped in a long chiton and himation. She holds a ship's rudder in her lowered right hand, symbolising guidance and fate, and a cornucopia (horn of plenty) in her raised left arm, denoting abundance. The figure stands on a ground line within a dotted border, with the ethnic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ distributed around the field to identify the issuing city of Nicaea. |
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