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Æ29 - Caracalla ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing right, the effigy rendered in the provincial style typical of Bithynian civic coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic youthful features with a short beard. The encircling Greek legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan. The flan is irregular and shows signs of characteristic hand-striking. |
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| Reverse description | Athena seated left upon a throne, wearing helmet and draped in chiton and himation, holding an unidentified object in her extended right hand and a long vertical sceptre in her left. The goddess is depicted in the classical civic tradition of Nicaean bronze coinage. The ethnic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ is positioned in the field around the figure, partially visible on this worn example. |
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| Mint | Nicaea (Bithynia) |
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