Nicaea or Nikaea, modern day Iznik, located on the shore of a lake close to the Asian coast of the Marmara Sea.
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Rec Gen 6 Nicaea, Bithynia, AE22, C. Papirius Carbo, 62-59 BC. 9.66 gr. NIKAIEΩN, Head of youthful Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy, ΠΛT monogram to right, date ΔKΣ under neck / EΠI ΓAIOY ΠAΠIΡIOY KAΡBΩNΩΣ, to left and right of Roma seated left, holding Nike and spear, ΡΩMH below. RecGen 6. Text Image RecGen 7 Bithynia, Nicaea. C Papirius Carbo, Proconsul 62-59 BC, AE 23mm. Dated Year 224 = 59-58 BC. NIKAIEΩN left, wreathed head of Dionysos right; date ΔKΣ below, monogram before / EΠI ΓAIOY ΠAΠIΡIOY KAΡBΩNOΣ, ΡΩMH below Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding Nike in right hand, spear in left; M behind Roma. BMC 3, SNG Cop 466, SNGvA 532. Text Image Text Image Text Image Rec Gen 18 Nicaea, Bithynia, AE18, ca. 25 BC, Procos Thorius Flaccus. 3.55g. NIKAIEΩN, Head of youthful Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy / EΠI ANΘYΠATOY ΘΩΡIOY ΦΛAKKOY, Head of elephant right; monograms in left and right fields. Rec.Gen. 18; RPC 2030. Text Image RPC 2026 Julius Caesar, AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 46-45 BC. Struck by the proconsul C. Vibius Pansa. 8.38 g. NIKAIEΩN, bare head of Julius Caesar right. / EΠI ΓAIOY OVIBIOY ΠANΣA upwards and downwards to left and right of Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm branch. ΩΠHT monogram and ΡΔAE monogram across lower fields. Date ς ΛΣ below. RPC I 2026; RecGen 11; BMC 8-9; Prinz Waldeck 106. Text Image RPC 2027 Augustus, AE26 of Nicaea. Thorius Flaccus Proconsul. NIKAIEΩN, bare head left / EΠI ANΘYΠATOY ΘΩΡIOY ΦΛAKKOY, Nike walking left holding palm and wreath. Rec Gen 13-15. Text Obv Rev RPC 2032 Claudius AE31 of Nicaea, Bithynia. C Cadius Rufus, proconsul ca 47-48 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ, laureate head left / Γ KAΔIOΣ ΡOYΦOY ANΘYΠATOΣ NEIKAIEΩN, front view of multi-story building. Rec Gen 28 var. Text Image RPC 2040v Claudius AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. C Cadius Rufus, proconsul ca 47-48 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ, laureate head left, lituus before / Γ KAΔIOΣ ΡOYΦOY ANΘYΠATOΣ, NEIKA monogram below, all in laurel wreath. Rec Gen 29. Text Image RPC 2046 Claudius AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. L Mindius Balbus, proconsul ca 48-9 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ, laureate head left / Λ MINΔIOΣ BAΛBOΣ ANΘYΠATOΣ around large NKAE monogram, all in border of dots. Rec Gen 24. Text Image RPC 2048 Claudius AE 22mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. Pasidienus Firmus, Proconsul ca 50 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ, bare head right / ΠAΣIΔIHNOΣ ΦIΡMOΣ ΠATΡON ΠO around ANΘY-ΠATOΣ and NIKEA monogram. Rec Gen 26. Text Image RPC 2039 Britannicus, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. BΡITANNIKOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOY YIOΣ, bare head of Britannicus left / Λ KAΔIOΣ ΡOYΦOΣ ANΘYΠATOΣ NAIKAIEΩN, side view of a two-storeyed building. RPC 2039; SNG Fitz. 4110; Leake Coll. 2. Text Image RPC 2049 Nero AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. NEΡΩN KΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣT, bare head right / ΔIONYΣOY KTIΣTOY NEIKAIAΣ, garlanded altar. Text Image RPC 2052 Nero and Agrippina II, AE of 27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Magistrate Attius Laco. 12.76 g. NEΡΩN KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ AΓΡIΠΠINA ΣEBAΣTH, jugate busts left. / EΠI ATTIOY ΛAKΩNOΣ ANΘYΠATOY NEIK, Dionysos, in long robe, holding thyrsos and kantharos, standing left on the head of an elephant. RPC 2052; RecGen 36; BMC 16; Bernhart 1080. Text Image RPC 2058 Nero AE 21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. NEΡΩN KΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head left, lituus before / TAΡKYTIOΣ ΠΡEIΣKOΣ ΠATΡΩN, trophy (trophies?) of arms above NEIK. SGI 561, BMC 15, Rec Gen 41-2. Text Image RPC 2060 Nero and Poppaea AE26 (dupondius) of Nicaea, Bithynia, NEΡΩN KΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡM, radiate head of Nero, GALBA countermark on face / ΠOΠΠAIA ΣEBAΣTH, Poppaea seated right. Text Image RPC 2061cf Nero AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. NEΡΩN KΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓE, laureate head left / MEΣΣAΛEINA ΓYNE ΣEBAΣTOY, Statilia Messalina as Securitas seated right. Text Image RPC 629 Vespasian AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia, Magistrate L Plancius Varus. AD 69-79. 4.87g. Bithynia, Nicaea, 76 AD. AYTOKΡATOΡI KAICAΡI OYEΣΠAΣIANΩ NEIKI (NE ligate), Laureate head right / EΠI MAΡKOY ΠΛANKIOY OYAΡOY ANΘYΠATOY, panther sitting left, one front paw resting on kantharos. RPC 629. Text Image RPC 630 Vespasian, AE34 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 69-79. Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas. 26.21 g. AYT.. ΣEBAΣTOΣ OYEΣΠAΣIANOΣ, laureate head right / EΠI MAΡKOY ΣAΛOYIΔHNOY AΣΠΡHNA ANΘYΠATΡOY NEIKAI ΠΡ B, Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, sitting left in a quadriga of elephants. RPC II 630; RecGen 51; Hunter 6; Weber 4899. Text Image RPC 632 Domitian AE36 of Bithynia, Nicaea. AYT AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡM, laureate head right / NKA-ΠΡ, Mars walking right holding trophy and spear. Text Obv Rev RPC 636 Domitian AE26 (dupondius) of Nicaea, Bithynia, AYΓ ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBA ΓEΡ, Laureate head right / NEIKAIEIΣ ΠΡΩTOI THΣ EΠAΡXEIAΣ, Demeter standing right, holding corn ears and staff. Text Image RPC 638 Domitian AE28 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓEΡ, laureate head right / TON KTIΣ NIKAIEIΣ ΠΡΩTOI ΠONT KAI BIΘ, Dionysos, wearing short chiton, standing left, foot on elephant head, holding kantharos and thyrsos. Text Image RPC 638 (2) Domitian, AE28 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 13.70 g. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓEΡ, laureate head right / TON KTIΣ NIKAIEIΣ ΠΡΩTOI ΠONT KAI BIΘ, Dionysos, in long robe, standing left, foot on elephant's head, holding kantharos and thyrsos. RPC II, 638. Text Image RPC 639 Domitian AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBA ΓEΡM, laureate head right / TON KTIΣTH NEIKAIEIΣ ΠΡΩTOI THΣ EΠ AΡX, wreathed head of Herakles left. Text Image RPC 640 Domitian AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓEΡ, laureate head right / ΡΩMHN MHTΡOΠOΛIN NEIK ΠΡΩ BIΘ KAI Π, Roma seated left on rocks, holding wreath. RPC II 640; RecGen 61; BMC 25. Text
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ImageHunter 9 Trajan, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.2g. [AVT] KAI NEΡ TΡAIAN..., laureate head right, countermarked TOM (Howgego 567) / ΔIOC beneath altar with double doors. Hunter 9 or Price and Trell 188; RPC 1148 (Uncertain of Bithynia). Text Image Lindgren 132 Trajan AE22 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAICAΡ ΓEP, laureate head right / large altar faced with double doors, ΔIOC below. RPC 1148 (Uncertain of Bithynia). Text Image Price and Trell 188 Trajan, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 5.11 gr. ..TΡAIANOC KAIC.., laureate head right / ΔIOC, altar. Price and Trell fig. 188; RPC 1148 (Uncertain of Bithynia). Text Image Blum 1 Antinous, AE42 medallion of Tium, Bithynia. AD 130. 38.07 g. ANTINOΩI HΡΩI, draped bust left / TIANOI, Dionysos (or Antinous as Dionysos) sitting on the back of a panther walking right. RecGen 34; Blum 1; RPC III 1191. Text Image Burstein 553 Antoninus Pius, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT T AIΛ ANTΩNINOC, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, bearded head of Herakles right, wreathed with ivy. Burstein Coll. sale 553; RPC online 8335. Text Image Rec Gen 76 Antoninus Pius, AE30 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 138-161. 18.70 g. AYT KAI AΔΡIANOC ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / NIKAEΩN, Kybele, turreted, holding drum and sceptre, riding right on the back of a lion. RecGen 76; Paris 825. Text Image RecGen 79 Antoninus Pius, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 138-161. AYT KAI ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. / NEIKAIEΩN, the infant Dionysos sitting right in cradle, raising both arms, thyrsos behind him. RecGen 79; SNG von Aulock 544; Vienna 15571; SNG Cop 480 corr. (emperor); Leypold 145; Bernhart 893; Kurth Dionysos 1624. Text Image Rec Gen 80 Antoninus Pius, AE31 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 138-161. 14.26 g. AYT KAI T AIΛ AΔΡ ANTΩNINOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back; countermark: lyre in wreath within circular incuse / TON KTICTHN NIKAIEIC, Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, seated left on chair on cart drawn left by four elephants. RecGen 80; SNG von Aulock 7017. Text Image Rec Gen 92 Antoninus Pius, AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT KAICAΡ ANTΩNINOC, Bare head right / ΘEA YΓEIA NIKAIEIC, Hygieia standing right, holding patera, feeding serpent in arms. RecGen 92; Waddington 401. Text Image Rec Gen 95 Antoninus Pius AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVTO KAICAΡ ANTΩNINOC, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Hygieia standing right feeding a serpent in arms. Text Image Rec Gen 95 Antoninus Pius AE22 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVTO KAICAΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Hygieia standing right feeding a serpent held in arms. Text Image Rec Gen 96 Antoninus Pius AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT KAI T AIΛ ANTΩNEINOC, bare head right / EΠIΦ TEΛE NIKAIEIC, Telesphoros standing facing. Text Image Rec Gen 101 Antoninus Pius AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT KAI T AI AΔP ANTΩNINOC CЄB, bare head right / CΩ(THPI ACKΛH) NIKAIEIC, serpent-entwined altar. SNG Cop 475, SGI 1389. Text Image Rec Gen 109 var Antoninus Pius, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 7.51 g. Laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Nemesis standing left, spitting into drapery at her bosom, holding bridle, wheel at foot left. RecGen 109-110 var (cubit-rule, not bridle). Text Image RecGen 114 Antoninus Pius AE30 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 138-161. 12.69 g. AYT KAI T AIΛ AΔΡ ANTΩNINOC CEB, laureate head right. / IΠΠAΡXOC NIKAIEΩN, Hipparchus the astronomer, himation over lower limbs, seated left on cippus, globe on low column to left. RecGen 114; SNG von Aulock 549. Text Image Rec Gen 119 Antoninus Pius, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 177-192. ..ANTΩN-EINOC AVΓO, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, lighted, garlanded altar. Rec Gen 119. Text Image Rec Gen 161cf Antoninus Pius AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT KAIC T AIΛ AΔΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / TON KTICTIN NIKAIEIC, Herakles Farnese standing right, holding club set on rock. cf Rec Gen 161 of Marcus Aurelius. Text Image Rec Gen 107 var Marcus Aurelius, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.61 g. Bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Harpokrates standing left, holding hand to mouth. Unpublished for Marcus Aurelius. cf. RecGen 107 (this reverse for Antoninus Pius). Text Image RecGen 128 Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar) AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 196-198. 3.16 g. ANTΩNINOC KAIC, youthful, bare head right. / NIKAIEΩN, coiled serpent with head right. RecGen 128; McClean 7482. Text Image Rec Gen 151 Marcus Aurelius AE19mm of Nicaea in Bithynia. AV K M AVΡ ANTΩNIN, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, infant Dionysos in cradle left, raising hands; thyrsos behind. BMC 35cf. Text Image Rec Gen 155 Marcus Aurelius AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 161-180 AD. AVK M AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Pan naked, standing left, holding branch and askos; herme of Priapus behind. RecGen 155; SNG Copenhagen 481. Text Image Rec Gen 158 Marcus Aurelius AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 161-180 AD. AT K M AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Head of Pan right. RecGen 158; Waddington collection 407. Text Image Rec Gen 158 Marcus Aurelius, Nicaea, Bithynia. AVK M AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Head of Pan right. RecGen 158; Waddington 407. Text Image Rec Gen 160 var Marcus Aurelius AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 161-180 AD. AVT K M AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TON KTICTH NIKAIEIC, Herakles, naked, standing left, seen from behind, carrying off the Erymanthian boar; club by his side, star to right. Not in the usual sources but cf. RecGen 160 for a similar but reversed depiction. Text Image Rec Gen 200 Faustina, AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 146-180. 9.56 g. ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles reclining left on the back of a lion walking right. RecGen 200; Paris AA.GR.12110. Text Image Imhoof GRM 4 Lucius Verus, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 161-169. AYT K Λ AYΡ OYHΡO, bare head right, drapery behind right shoulder. / NIKAIEΩN, the infant Dionysus seated left in cradle, both arms outstretched, a transverse thyrsos behind him. Imhoof GRM 4. Text Image Rec Gen 213 Lucius Verus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT K Λ AYΡ OYHΡOC C, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing right, holding spear in right hand and resting left on shield. RecGen 213; Paris 909. Text Image Rec Gen 232 Lucius Verus AE32 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 161-169. AYT KAIC Λ AYΡH OYHΡ AΡM CEB, bare-headed bust right / ΡΩMAIΩN NIKHN NEIKAIEIC, Nike standing right, inscribing a shield set on a column. RecGen 232. Text Image BMC 53 Commodus, AE33 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 177-192. A K M AY KO ANTωNIN, laureate, draped bust right. / NIKAIEωN KOMO-ΔEIA around and between the legs of a table surmounted by two prize crowns, each containing one palm branch. BMC 53; Loebbecke 3 in ZfN 12; SNG Righetti 636; SNG von Aulock 7030; Niggeler I, 593 (this coin). Text Image Dahmen
13-1cfCommodus, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.49 g. (AV K) KOMOΔ ANTΩNIN, laureate head of Commodus right / AΛEXANΔΡON NIKEΩN, diademed head of Alexander in lionskin right. cf Dahmen 13-1 (rev. legend); Var of RecGen 287 (ditto). Text Image G and M 204, 1741 Commodus, AE30 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 166-180. 16-31 g. Λ AYΡ KOMMOΔOC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles walking left, holding the Erymanthian boar on his shoulders. Probably unpublished. Not in RecGen or additions, Köln, Weiser, RPC online, etc. Gorny and Mosch Auction 204, 1741. Text Image Mionnet Supp V, 546 Commodus, AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 177-192. 13.79 g. M AY KOMO ANTΩNINOC, radiate, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, turreted and draped bust right of the nymph Nicaea wearing ivy wreath. Mionnet Supp V, 546; RecGen 281 var (bust type). Text Image RecGen 242 Commodus, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Struck ca. AD 175. KOMOΔOC KAICAΡ, youthful, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysus sitting left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot. RecGen 242; Paris 920; Bernhart 781. Text Image Rec Gen 249 var Commodus, AE18, Nicaea, Bithynia. AY K KOMOΔ ANTΩNIN, laureate head right / OMHΡOC NIKAIEΩN, draped bust of Homer right, wearing taenia. Rec Gen 249 var (obv. legend); SNG von Aulock 571 var (ditto); Weiser 19 var (ditto). Text Image Rec Gen 258 Commodus AE 27 mm of Bithynia, Nicaea.. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Draped bust of Zeus-Sarapis right. Text Image Rec Gen 281 Commodus AE28 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AV KOMO ANTΩNIN, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, turreted and draped bust of City-Goddess right. Text Image RecGen 282 Commodus, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 177-192. AY M AY KOM ANTΩNINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, turreted and draped bust right of the nymph Nicaea wearing ivy wreath. RecGen 282; SNG von Aulock 574; Leypold 159; BMC 45. Text Image Rec Gen 282v Commodus, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. A K M AY KO ANTΩNIN, bare-head right / NIKAIEΩN, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. Hunter 14; RecGen 282 var (obv. legend); BMC 45 var (ditto); Waddington 411 var (ditto). Text Image RecGen 285 Commodus AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 177-192. 7.93 g. M AY KOM ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / OMHΡOC NIKAIEΩN, Homer seated left on cippus, holding scroll and resting arm on seat. RecGen 285; Imhoof 13 in JIAN 1898. Text Image RecGen 306 var Commodus, AE33 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 177-192. A K M AY KO ANTWNIN, bare-headed, draped bust right. / KOMOΔEIA NIKAIEΩN around and beneath two prize crowns, each containing one palm branch and with an amphora between them, all on an ornate base. RecGen 306 var (has a table and no amphora); Niggeler 593 var (ditto); Vienna 15592 var (ditto); Paris 948 var (ditto. Unpublished without table. Text Image Rec Gen 312 Commodus, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. A K M A KO ANTΩ, bare head right / IEΡOC AΓΩN NIKAIEΩN, oenochoe (wine vase) with one palm branch in it. RecGen 312. Text Image Rec Gen 313v Bithynia, Nicaea. Commodus AE 23mm. A K M K ANTΩNI, bare-headed bust right / IEΡOC AΓΩN NIKAIEΩN, Oinchoe; palm at left. Text Image RecGen 314 Commodus AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 180-192. 2.65 g. A K MA KO ANTΩN, bare head right. / IEΡOC AΓΩN NIKAIEΩN, amphora with square base, palm branch left below. RecGen 314; Hunter 16; SNG Hunterian 1083; Mionnet Supp 5, 570 corr. ("club below" citing Tochon); RPC online 6054. Text Image Rec Gen 320 Commodus, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 13.80 g. A K M AV KO ANTΩNEIN, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / KOMOΔEIA NIKAIEΩN, three naked athletes drawing lots from an urn, the one on the left and the one in the middle holding their lots, the one on the right holding a palm branch. RecGen 320. Text Image RecGen 321 Commodus, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia, AD 177-192. A K M AY KOM ANTΩNIN, laureate head right. / KOMO-ΔOY BACI-ΛEYONTOC-O KOCMOC-EY TYXEI-NIKAIE-ΩN in seven lines within wreath. RecGen 321. Text Image SNG Cop 495 Commodus as Caesar, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 166-177. M AY KOM ANTΩNINOC, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Lion walking right. SNG Cop 495; RecGen 299. Text Image Weber 4902 Commodus, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 5.8 gr. M AY KOM ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Homonia standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. Weber 4902. Text Image Leu 11, 1294 Septimius Severus, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 193-211. 1.92 g. [CE]OYHΡOC AYΓOYTO[C], laureate head right. / ΡΩMH NIKAIEIC, Roma standing front, looking left, holding spear and shield. Leu 11, 1294. Apparently unpublished. Text Image Rec Gen 322 Septimius Severus, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT K Λ CEΠ CEVHΡOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at foot left. RecGen 322. Text Image Rec Gen 324 Septimius Severus, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 3.24 gr. AY K Λ CEΠ CEVHΡOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and torch. RecGen 324. Text Image Rec Gen 325 Septimius Severus AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT K Λ CEΠTI CEVHΡOC Π, laureate bust right, countermark of Nike with wreath on neck / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing left with owl and sceptre. Text Image Rec Gen 330 Septimius Severus AE15 of Nicaea in Bithynia. Bare head right / lidded urn (or cista mystica?) with snakes emerging. Text Image Rec Gen 336 Septimius Severus AE16 of Bithynia, Nicaea. Laureate bust right / NEIKAEΩN, Telesphorus, facing, in hooded cloak. Text Image Rec Gen 341 Septimius Severus, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 193-211 AD. 18.31 mm, 2.2 gr. AY K Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Serpent upright, head left, jaws open. BMC 58; RecGen 341. Text Image Rec Gen 348 Bithynia, Nicaea. Septimius Severus AE 14. C CEVHΡOC AVΓOVCT... laureate bust right / NIKAIEΩN, bull standing right. Text Image Rec Gen 358 Septimius Severus, AE22 of Nicaea, Bithynia. CEOYHΡOC AVΓOCT, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Prize crown containing two palm branches. RecGen 358. Text Image Rec Gen 358 var Septimius Severus, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 193-211 AD. CEOYHΡOC AYΓO, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, urn containing two palm branches. RecGen 358 var (1 branch); RecGen 357 var (longer obv. legend). Text Image Rec Gen 361 Septimius Severus, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 193-211. 2.18 g. AK Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC (from top right, clockwise), laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, flaming altar. RecGen 361. Text Image RecGen 371 var Septimius Severus, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.26 g. AD 193-211. AYT CEYHΡOC ΠE, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, the child Dionysos sitting right in a cradle, thyrsos behind him. RecGen 371 var (this reverse for Julia Domna); Peus 403, lot 603. Unpublished reverse for Sept. Severus. Text Image RecGen 391 var Septimius Severus AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, tetrastyle temple with dots in pediment and front. RecGen 391 var (Julia Domna reverse). Text Image RecGen 391 var Septimius Severus, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AV K Λ [CEΠ? C]EYHΡOC, laureate head right / NIKAEIΩN, tetrastyle temple with dot in pediment. Var of RecGen 391 (reverse of Julia Domna). Text Image RecGen 391 var (2) Septimius Severus, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. CEΠ.. AYΓOYC, laureate head right / NIKAEIΩN, tetrastyle temple with dot in pediment. Var of RecGen 391 (reverse of Julia Domna); Aeruginis 189. Text Image Rec Gen 489cf Septimius Severus AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, two-handled vase containing two palm branches. Text Image Righetti IV 319 Septimius Severus AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT K Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC Π, laureate head right. / NIKAIEΩN, Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Righetti Coll. IV 319 (this coin). Text Image Righetti IV, 326 Septimius Severus, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 193-211. AYT CEΠ.., laureate head right. / NIKAIEΩN, the infant Dionysos sitting right in a cradle, thyrsos behind him. Righetti Coll. sale part IV, 326; Peus 403, 603. Text Image Scholz 54 Septimius Severus, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. CEOYHΡOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, lion standing right. Scholz 54 in NZ 1910; RecGen -. Text Image Ayers 092108b Julia Domna, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Apparently unpublished. Ayers 092108b. Text Image Rec Gen 371 Julia Domna, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 193-217. 2.38 g. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / The infant Dionysos, naked, sitting right in a cradle, raising both hands, thyrsos behind him. RecGen 371; Imhoof, "Antike Münzbilder", 8. Text Image RecGen 372 Julia Domna, AE28 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYΛIA AYΓOYCTA, draped bust right. / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos and Ariadne sitting right in a biga drawn by two centaurs. Eros standing on the back of one of the centaurs, the biga led by a satyr, holding pedum, walking right and looking back. RecGen 372. Text Image Rec Gen 373 Julia Domna AE16 of Bithynia, Nicaea. IOVΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, snake emerging from cista. Text Image Rec Gen 376 Julia Domna AE28 of Nicaea, Bithynia, IOVΛIA AVΓOVCTA Draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Hercules battling Hydra. Text Image Rec Gen 379 Julia Domna AE 28mm of Nicaea in Bithynia. Draped bust right / Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Text Image Rec Gen 389 Julia Domna AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOVΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, bull standing right. Text Image Rec Gen 391 Julia Domna, AE 15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, tetrastyle temple, dot in pediment. Rec Gen 391. Text Image Rec Gen 392 Julia Domna, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYΛIA CEV CEBACTH, Draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, garlanded, lighted altar. RecGen 392. Text Image Rec Gen 396 Julia Domna AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOVΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, prize urn with palms. SNGCop 503 Text Image SGI 2314 Julia Domna AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, garlanded altar. Text Image SNG Righetti 638 Julia Domna, AE28 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, eagle standing right, wings open, head left, on altar between two standards. SNG Righetti 638 corrected (obv. legend), same dies. Text Image Unlisted Julia Domna, AE24, Nicaea, Bithynia. IOVΛIA AVΓOVCT, draped bust left / NIKA-I-EΩN to left, above and right of legionary eagle between two standards. Unlisted for Domna with the legend around the standards. Text Image FAC 27861 Caracalla (or Elagabalus?), AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, burning, garlanded altar. FAC 27861 (Forum Ancient Coins). Text Image Lindgren I, 143 Caracalla, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter standing front, looking left, holding corn-ears and torch, with Herakles standing right, resting on club and Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, at her sides. Lindgren I, 143; Kurth Dionysos 1854 (forthcoming). Text Image Lindgren III 186 Caracalla, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureat head right / NIKAIEΩN, bull standing right. Lindgren III 186, (RecGen 473 var (obv. legend)). Text Image Lowe 222 Caracalla?, Nicaea (Bithynia), Ae 15, 2.0g. ANTΩNINOC (AVΓO), laureate head right / NIKA[IEΩ]N, Flaming, garlanded altar. Lowe 222; Mionnet Supp 5, 697var (obv legend). Text Image Mionnet Supp 5, 601var Caracalla, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 197-218. 1.8g. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOY, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CEOYHΡEIA NIKAIEΩN, Prize crown containing one palm branch. Mionnet Supp. V, 601 var (Sept. Severus). Not in BMC, RecGen, Mionnet, Jürgling, Imhoof etc. Text Image Mionnet 667 Caracalla AE30 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC / NIKAIΩN, Hercules subduing the Hind of Ceryneia. Mionnet S5, 667. Text Image Mionnet 695 Caracalla, AE15, Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNEINOC AΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NIKAIEΩN, Eagle standing facing, head left, holding ring in beak. RecGen p. 458, note; Mionnet Supp. 5, 695. Text Image
Mionnet 697 Caracalla, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. (M AVΡ) ANTΩNINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, garlanded, lighted altar. Mionnet Supp. V, 697. Text Image Mionnet 703 Caracalla AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNI(...), laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, prize urn with one palm branch. RecGen 489cf; cf Mionnet S5, 703 (two palms) Text Image Mionnet 703 Nicaea. Caracalla AE15. ANTΩNINOC AVΓO, laureate + radiate head right / NIKAIEΩN, palm-branch within urn. RecGen -; cf Mionnet S5, 703 (two palms) Text Image Mionnet 703 var Caracalla, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 1.8g. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYC, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN CEOYHΡEIA, prize urn containing one palm branch. Mionnet 703 var (rev. legend and bust type.) Text Image Nemesis 8848 Caracalla, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 198-217. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓO (NE ligate), laureate head right / NIKAIΩN, burning, garlanded altar. Nemesis 8848. Text Image Rec Gen 299 var Caracalla, AE14mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, lion walking right. RecGen 299 var (Commodus); Mionnet -; BMC -; SNG Cop -; Scholz in NZ 1910, 54 var (Sept. Severus). Unpublished for Caracalla. Text Image RecGen 399 var Caracalla, AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 196-198. 11.72 g. M AVΡHΛ ANTΩNINOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, countermark Howgego 254 / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos in long robe, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. RecGen 399 var (obv. legend). Text Image Rec Gen 415 Caracalla AE24 of Bithynia, Nicaea. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter standing left with corn ears and long torch. Text Image Rec Gen 423v Caracalla, AE23 of Bithynia, Nicaea. 198-217 AD. M AYΡ ANT-ΩNINOC AYΓ, Laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing left, sacrificing out of patera over altar, holding spear; shield at side to right. RecGen 423 var. (no altar); SNG Cop -. Text Image Rec Gen 428 Caracalla, AE 23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 7.3g. M AYΡH...ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing front, head left, holding patera, spear and shield. RecGen 428. Text Image RecGen 432 Caracalla, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 198-217. 12.67 g. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos, naked, standing facing, looking right, holding grape vine, right hand over his head, panther at foot left, satyr at his side overturned kantharos at lower right. RecGen 432; Bernhart 987; Mionnet Supp. V. 659. Text Image Rec Gen 434 var Caracalla AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos in long robe, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Text Image RecGen 434 var Caracalla, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 198-217. 12.51 g. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, radiate head right, countermark: Δ / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos, naked, standing front, looking left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. RecGen 434 var (panther), CNG 107, 151. Text Image Rec Gen 442 Caracalla, Nicaea, Bithynia, 198-217 AD. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head of Caracalla right / NIKAIEΩN, cista mystica with snake emerging. RecGen 442; SNG Von Aulock 7037. Text Image Rec Gen 443 Caracalla, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 1.54 g. ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate head right / NIKA-IEΩN, cista mystica with snake emerging. RecGen 443; Weiser –. Text Image Rec Gen 446 Caracalla, AE31 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 15.84 g. AD 197-217. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles, naked, standing, looking left, holding Antaios by the waist and lifting him, about to throw him to the ground. Club in right field. RecGen 446. Text Image Rec Gen 448 corr Caracalla, AE32 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 211-217. 16.36 g. ANTΩNINOC AYΓYCTOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles walking left, looking right, wielding club, leading Kerberos behind him. RecGen 448 corr. (description). Text Image Rec Gen 449 Caracalla, AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 211-217. 6.40g. M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIΩN, Herakles standing left, looking right, grasping the horn and jaws of the Cretan bull. RecGen 449; Berlin Aquis. in ZfN vol. 12, p. 310. Text Image Rec Gen 451 Caracalla, AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 198-217. 14.36 g. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles standing right, and wielding club, holding the reins of the nearest of two horses of Diomedes running right beside him. RecGen 451 corr. (bust type); Voegtli 5f. Text Image Rec Gen 454 Caracalla AE24 of Bithynia, Nicaea. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Nike walking left holding wreath and palm. Text Image Rec Gen 455 Caracalla, AE23, Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, countermark of Nike. RecGen 455, countermark Howgego 254. Text Image Rec Gen 456 Caracalla, AE23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia, 6,59gr. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head left / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 456. Text Image Rec Gen 457 Caracalla Ae 15mm 1.75g Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 457. Text Image Rec Gen 458 Caracalla, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head left / NI-KAI-EΩN around hexastyle temple with Tyche standing within, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 458. Text Image Rec Gen 461 Caracalla AE25 of Nicaea in Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head left / NIKAIΩN, hexastyle temple with Tyche within. Text Image Rec Gen 469 Caracalla, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 12.35g. ANTΩNEINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩ-N (EΩ ligate), Galley over waves left, 4 oarsmen sitting ahead, helmsman standing behind, standard at the front, banner at the stern; emperor sitting left, holding spear and holding patera, before him stand Tyche of Nikaia presentinhg the young Dionysos to the emperor, who raises his hands to him. RecGen 469; BMC 74. Text Image Rec Gen 475 Caracalla AE22 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NI-KA-EΩN, hexastyle temple. Text Image Rec Gen 475 Caracalla AE23 of Bithynia, Nicaea. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, hexastyle temple. Text Image Rec Gen 478 Caracalla AE30 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / TY-XH AΓA-ΘH NIKAIEΩN, hexastyle temple with Tyche standing within. Text Image Rec Gen 479 Caracalla AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAEΩN, tetrastyle temple with three steps and peaked roof, globules within. Text Image Rec Gen 481 Caracalla, AE25, Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC-AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, bearded head right / NIKA-IEΩN to left and right of legionary eagle between two standards. RecGen 481. Text Image Rec Gen 481 Caracalla, AE27, Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC-AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, bearded head right / NIKA-I-EΩN to left, above and right of legionary eagle between two standards. RecGen 481. Text Image Rec Gen 481 Caracalla, AE27, Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC-AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, bearded head right / NIKAI-EΩN to left and right of legionary eagle between two standards. RecGen 481. Text Image Rec Gen 481B Caracalla, Nicaea, Bithynia. 25 mm,5.75 gr. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head right / NIKA-I-EΩN to left, above and right of legionary eagle between two standards. RecGen 481B. Text Image RecGen 486 Caracalla, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 198-217. AYT K M AYΡH ANTΩNINOC AYΓOY, laureate head right, countermark: Nike right, holding wreath. / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA NIKAIEΩN, Caracalla and Geta clasping hands, a low stool between them. RecGen 486. Text Image Rec Gen 489 Caracalla AE16 of Nicaea in Bithynia. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓO, laureate head of youthful Caracalla right / NIKA-IEΩN, two-handled vase with 2 palm branches emerging. Text Image RecGen 489 var Caracalla, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 1.8 g. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOY, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, two-handled vase containing two palm branches. RecGen 489 var (obv legend). Text Image Rec Gen 516 Caracalla, AE28, Nicaea, Bithynia, Laureate and draped bust right / Elephant and rider right. Text Image Rec Gen 516 Caracalla. 198-217 AD. 14mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate bust of Caracalla right / NIKAIEΩN, Elephant walking right. Text Image SNG Cop 507v Caracalla AE23, Nicaea, Bithynia. 7.37g, 23.4mm. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, radiate head right / NIKA-I-EΩN to left, above and to right of legionary eagle between two standards. SNG Copenhagen 507 var (bust type and rev breaks). Text Image SNG Cop 508 Caracalla, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 198-217. 7.91 g. M AYΡ ANTONINOC AYΓ, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. / NIKAIEΩN, Hexastyle temple, seen in perspective. SNG Cop 508 (same obv. die as RecGen 475); Sahin 7 in Bursa Arastirmalari, Autumn 2009. Text Image SNG vA 597 Caracalla, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 198-217. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, radiate head right. / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos seated left, head turned right, holding thyrsos, looking at a satyr dancing right, looking left at his side. SNG von Aulock 597; Franke KZR 386; RecGen 436; Hunter 20. Text Image SNG vA 7037 Caracalla, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, bearded head right / NIKAIEΩN, cista mystica opening left, with serpent emerging. SNG von Aulock 7037; Rec Gen 442 (but bearded bust). Text Image Mionnet 273 Plautilla, Wife of Caracalla, AE23 of Bithynia, Nicaea. 202-205 AD. Draped bust right / Athena standing right, holding spear and owl, shield at feet. Poss. Mionnet 273 (description incomplete). Text Image Mionnet 706 Plautilla, AE22 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche or Ceres standing left, holding corn-ears and a poppy in lowered left hand, right hand on hip (torch in right arm?), wheel at foot left. cf Mionnet Supp. V, 706. Text Image Rec Gen 494 Plautilla, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 10.98 g. ΦOYΛ ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBAC, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter, veiled, standing left, holding corn-ears and torch. RecGen 494. Text Image Rec Gen 497 Plautilla, AE30 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 12.50 gr. ΦOYΛ ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NI-KA-IΩN, hexastyle temple with cult image of Aphrodite Paphia within, holding flower and uncertain object. RecGen 497; Scholz 87 corr. (in NZ 43="Miletos"). Text Image HJB 203, 348 Geta AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 2.05 g. Λ CEΠ ΓETAC K, bare head right. / NIKAIEΩN, winged caduceus. Apparently unpublished. Harlan J. Berk 203, 348. Text Image JHE 11, 50 Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.42 gr. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos riding panther right. Apparently unpublished. JHE auction 11, lot 50. Text Image Lindgren III 187 Geta, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 2.19 gr. ΓETA KAICA(Ρ), bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, burning altar. Lindgren III 187; RecGen -. Text Image Mionnet 726
Lindgren III 187 varGeta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.20 g. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, flaming, garlanded altar. Mionnet Supp. V, 726; Lindgren III 187 var (bust type). Text Image Mionnet Supp 5, 715 Geta, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 198-209. 10.12 g. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC KAICA, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and sceptre. Mionnet Supp. V, 715; Mus. Herdervar 4524. Text Image Rec Gen 335 var Geta, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 10.29 g. Λ CEΠTIM ΓETAC KAIC, bare head right. Two countermarks, Nike standing right (Howgego 254) and male head right with crescent on head) / NIKAIEΩN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms. RecGen 335 var (Sept. Severus, unlisted for Geta). Text Image Rec Gen 365 var Geta, AE 15, 2.15g of Nicaea, Bithynia. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Hermes standing left, petasos on head, holding purse and caduceus. RecGen 365 var (Julia Domna, unlisted for Geta). Text Image Rec Gen 342 var Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles Farnese standing right, right hand behind back, resting on club set on rock. RecGen 342 var (this reverse for Sept. Severus). Text Image Rec Gen 444 var Geta AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. KAICAΡ ΓETAC, draped bust right / NEIKAIEΩN, Pan standing right with trophy over his shoulder. RecGen 444 var (listed for Caracalla, not for Geta). Text Image Rec Gen 473 var Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.4 gr. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, bull standing left. RecGen 473 var (Caracalla, bull standing right); unlisted for Geta. Text Image Rec Gen 502 Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 2.85 g. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing left, holding shield set on ground and spear. Rec Gen 502; Righetti 9875. Text Image Rec Gen 503 var Geta, AE31 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 13.34 g. AVT K CEΠTI ΓETAC AVΓOVC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / NIKAEIΩN, ΡΩMHN below, Roma seated left, holding Nike on globe; shield behind. RecGen 503 var (as Caesar). Text Image Rec Gen 505 Geta AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC KAIC, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and torch. RecGen 505. Text Image Rec Gen 505 Geta AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 3.09 gr. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC KAIC, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and torch. RecGen 505. Text Image Rec Gen 506 var Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.41 gr. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bare head left / NIKAIEΩN, serpent-entwined torch. RecGen 506 var (bust type). Text Image Rec Gen 507 Geta, AE15of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2,41 g. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Eros, winged and in long cloak, standing left, resting on torch set on a circular base. RecGen 507. Text Image Rec Gen 509 Geta, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 198-211 AD. 2.90 gr. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, The infant Dionysos sitting right in cradle, holding thyrsus. RecGen 509. Text Image Rec Gen 510 Geta, Bithynia, Nicaea, AE14. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare bust right / NIKA-EIWN, serpent arising from cista. RecGen 510; Lindgren A 187 a; Mionnet 725. Text Image Rec Gen 510 var Geta, AE15, Nicaea, Bithynia, 2.60g. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, cista mystica opening left with serpent emerging. Rec Gen 510 var (obv legend), Mionnet 725 var (ditto). Text Image Rec Gen 510 var Geta, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.89 gr. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, cista mystica opening left with serpent emerging. RecGen 510 var (bust type). Righetti Sale, 366. Text Image Rec Gen 511 Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. P CEΠTGETAC K, bare-head right / NIKAIEΩN, Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded cloak. RecGen 511. Text Image Rec Gen 511 Geta, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.42g. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC K, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Telesphoros standing facing, wearing hooded cloak. Rec Gen 511 cf (obv. legend). Text Image Rec Gen 512 Geta, as Caesar, AE26 of Bithynia, Nicaea. CEΠTΓETAC KAICA, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Hercules right grappling with the Lernean Hydra, club poised above. Text Image Rec Gen 512 var Geta, AE 26, 9.59g of Nicaea, Bithynia. Λ CEΠTIM ΓETAC K[AI], bare-headed (draped?) bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles standing right, resting right hand on club behind him, holding apples of the Hesperides (?) in left hand before him, lionskin hanging from left shoulder; tree with slain serpent to right. RecGen 512 var (rev type of the Labours of Herakles). Text Image Rec Gen 514 Geta as Caesar, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAEIΩN, Nemesis standing left, holding whip, resting left hand on wheel at side. Four dots in exergue. Text Image Rec Gen 514 Geta as Caesar, AE15, (2.56g) Nicaea, Bithynia, 2,67 g. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC KAI, Bare head right / NIKAEIΩN, Nemesis standing left, holding whip, wheel at side. RecGen 514. Text Image Rec Gen 515 Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.31 g. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm. RecGen 515. Text Image Rec Gen 515 var Geta, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.06g. A CEΠTI ΓETAC KAIC, laureate head of Geta left / NIKAIEΩNC, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm. RecGen 515 var. (legends, bust type, Nike left). Not in Isegrim, Mionnet, Weiser etc. Text Image Rec Gen 515
ancient imit.Geta, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. (Ancient imitation) 198-212 AD. A CEPT-GETA KAIC, laureate bust left / NIKAIEΩN, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm. Ancient imitation of RecGen 515. Text Image Rec Gen 516 Geta, AE 15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 198-209 AD. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NIKAIEΩN, elephant standing right. RecGen 516; BMC 88. Text Image Rec Gen 517 Geta, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.12 gr. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAEIΩN, coiled serpent, head left. RecGen 517; Lindgren III A187A. Text Image Rec Gen 517 var Geta AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.7 g. AD 198-209. Π CEΠT ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIK-AIEΩN, coiled serpent. RecGen 517 var (obv legend); Lindgren III A187A var (ditto). Text Image Rec Gen 519 Geta AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Π CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, eagle standing right, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak. Text Image Rec Gen 520 Geta AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Π CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, tetrastyle temple on a pedament. Text Image Rec Gen 520 Geta, AE13 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 1.55 g. P CEP GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Tetrastyle temple with dot in pediment, dot in centre. Rec Gen 520. Text Image Rec Gen 521 Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.267 gr. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, tetrastyle temple on three steps, dot in pediment. RecGen 521. Text Image Rec Gen 522 var Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, tetrastyle temple with peaked roof, figure within. RecGen 522 var. (RecGen does not list a figure within the temple.) Text Image Rec Gen 525 Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 209-212 AD. 2.1g. &Geta;ETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIK-AIEΩN, prize crown with palm branch. RecGen II 525 (page 465). Text Image Rec Gen 525 Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 209-212 AD. 1.99g. &Geta;ETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, prize crown with palm branch. RecGen 525. Text Image Rec Gen 525 var Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Severeian Games issue. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head left / CEOYHREIA NIKAIEΩN, Prize crown containing one palm branch. RecGen 525-526 var (bust type, rev. legend). Text Image Rec Gen 550 var Geta, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head left / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche seated left, rivergod Sagaris at foot. RecGen -; (550 var (Macrinus)); Imhoof 225 var (Commodus). Text Image Righetti 8668 Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 16mm, 3.00 g. L SEP GETAS KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Righetti 8668, otherwise unpublished. Text Image Righetti 8671 Geta, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 3.86 g. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and corncuopiae. Righetti 8671, otherwise unpublished. Text Image Righetti 9888 Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 2.28 g. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Lion walking right. Righetti 9888, otherwise unpublished. Text Image Righetti Sale 362 Geta, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.29 gr. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, lion walking right. RecGen -; Righetti Sale 362. Text Image Righetti Sale 364 Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3,22 g. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Bull standing right. RecGen 473 var (Caracalla); Righetti Sale 364. Text Image Righetti Sale 377 Geta, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 1.94. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos, naked, holding kantharos, thyrsos over shoulder, sitting right on the back of a panther walking right. Righetti Coll, IV, 377. Text Image SNG Stockholm 1953 Geta, AE16mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.2gr, 209-212 AD. ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. SNG Stockholm 1953; Rec Gen 519 var (obv. legend). Text Image SNG Stockholm 1953 Geta, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.26 gr. L ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, eagle standing right, head left, wings open. SNG Stockholm 1953; RecGen 353 var (Sept. Severus). Text Image SNG vA 2994 var Nicaea. Geta AE15. A CEΠTI ΓETAC (...), bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG vA 2994 var (rev. legend). Text Image Weigel ANS MN 31 Geta, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 9.58 g. AD 198-209. L CEΠTIM GETAC KAI, bare head right, countermark behind head, Nike standing right above / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles cleaning the Augean stables: standing standing right, wielding a mattock (like a pickaxe); the diverted stream's water flowing down to right, jar or basket behind him; S between legs. RecGen -; Weiser -; Isegrim -. RecGen 512 var (= Herakles fighting the Hydra). Richard Weigel Coll., ANS MN 31 (1986). Text Image Rec Gen 537 Macrinus, AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 12.9 gr. [AVT K M] OΠEΛ CEOVHΡ MAKΡEINOC AVΓ (HΡ ligate), laureate (draped?) and cuirassed bust right / NIKA-IEΩN, Serapis walking right, holding sceptre over left shoulder, right hand raised. RecGen 537. Text Image RecGen 553 Macrinus, AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 217-218. 12.96g. AYT K M OΠΛ CEOYHΡ MAKΡEINOC AYΓ (OΠΛ: sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 553; AK Coll. L69. Text Image Rec Gen 556 Macrinus, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 217-218 AD. 6.32 gr. AYT K M OΠEΛ CEOYHΡ MAKΡEINOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / (TYCH AΓAΘH around), NI-KA-IEΩN to left, right and beneath hexastyle temple. RecGen 556. Text Image BMC 92 Elagabalus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NI-KA-IE-ΩN beneath the masts of legionary eagle facing, head right, wings spread, between two standards surmounted by capricorns. Possiblby this is the type described under BMC 92, but without mentioning the capricorns. Text Image Nomos 5, 692 Elagabalus, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 218-222. M AYΡH ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right. / NIKAIEΩN, Asklepios standing facing, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Unpublished reverse for Elagabalus. Nomos 5, 692. Text Image Rec Gen 420cf Elagabalus, AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 218-222 AD. M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Serpent-entwined torch of Demeter containing two grain ears and a poppy. Unpublished for Elagabalus. RecGen 420 (same rev. die, same obv. legend, under Caracalla in error ?). Text Image Rec Gen 458 Elagabalus AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 218-222 AD. 4.42 gr, 22.55mm. M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter seated left, holding corn-ears and long torch. RecGen 458; SNG Cop-; Mionnet-;. Text Image Rec Gen 558var Elagabalus, AE22 of Nikaea, Bithynia. M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right / NIKA-IEΩN, Demeter standing half left, head left, holding corn-ears and torch, lighted altar at foot left. BMC-; Wieser-; Imhoof Bithynien-; Mionnet-; RecGen-. Apparently unpublished. cf RecGen 558 (no altar). Text Image Rec Gen 562 Elagabalus AE25 Diassarion of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 218-222. M AYΡH ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIΩN, Herakles left, looking right, grasping the horn and jaws of the Cretan bull. RecGen 562; Voegtli 4m. Text Image RecGen 564 Elagabalus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 218-222. M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right. / NIKAIEΩN, elephant right with rider, holding staff. RecGen 564; SNG von Aulock 7044. Text Image Rec Gen 565 Elagabalus, Nicaea, AE15. ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ, laureate draped bust right / NIKA-IEΩN, eagle facing, head left, wreath in beak. RecGen 565. Text Image Rec Gen 566 Elagabalus AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ ANTΩNIN(OC AVΓ), laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, hexstyle temple with peaked roof. Text Image Rec Gen 571 Elagabalus AE22 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ ANTΩNINO AYΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, three military standards. Text Image Rec Gen 571 var Elagabalus AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, three military standards. Text Image Rec Gen 571 var (2) Elagabalus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate head right / NIK-AIE to left and right, N-W below, three standards, the two outer ones with oval or circular tops with 4 rays. Rec.Gen. 571 var. Text Image Rec Gen 587cf Elagabalus AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT K M ANTΩN..., laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Hermes standing left, chlamis draped over right arm, holding purse and caduceus. Text Image SNG Cop 512 Elagabalus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 218-222 AD. 6,10 gr. M AVΡH ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NI-KA-IE-ΩN between legionary eagle between two standards surmounted by capricorns. SNG Cop 512. Text Image Rec Gen 576 Julia Maesa, AE22, Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYΛIA MAICA AVG, draped bust right / NI-KAI-EΩN to left, right and beneath hexastyle temple. RecGen 576. Text Image Agora 3, 71 Severus Alexander. AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 4.79 g. M AYΡ CEY AΛEZANΔΡOC AYΓ, laureate head right / NIK-AI-EΩN, to left, right and beneath two standards surmounted by capricorns with another standard between them. Unpublished reverse type (legend positions). Agora 3-71. Text Image BMC 102v Severus Alexander, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. 4.44g; 21mm. M AVΡ ΣEVH AΛEXANΔΡOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NI-K-AI-E-&Omega:N between and beneath three standards. BMC 102 var (obv legend with AVG); RecGen I-III, 617 var (bust type). Text Image BMC 103 Bithynia, Nicaea. Severus Alexander AE19. M AVΡ CEVH AΛEΞANΔΡOC AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / N/IK/AI/E between three standards, ΩN below. Text Image Text Image
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BMC 103v Severus Alexander AE21 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AV, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NI-KA-IE-ΩN between three legionary standards. Text Image BMC 103v(2) Severus Alexander AE, 4.85 gr, 20.28 mm. Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. M AVΡ CEVH AΛEXANΔΡOC A, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / N-IK-AI-E-&Omega:N, between and beneath three standards. BMC 103 var (obv legend ending; bust type); cf Sear Greek Imp. 3287. Text Image BMC 103 var (3) Severus Alexander, AE 20.27mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AC, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / NI-K-A-IE, ΩN between and beneath three standards. BMC 103 var (rev breaks). Text Image BMC 104 Severus Alexander. Nicaea, Bithynia. AE19. 222-235 AD. M AYΡ AΛEΞANΔΡOC AV, laureate, draped bust right / N-IK-AI-E-&Omega:N, legionary eagle between two standards. Text Image CNG 272, 233 Severus Alexander, AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia, AD 222-235. 10.16 g. M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡOC AYΓ, radiate head right / EY IEΡH EYΓENIC NEIKIAI, Dionysos in long robe and polos, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. Apparently unpublished. CNG 272, 233. Text Image Forum 620 Severus Alexander, AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ CEVH AΛEXANΔΡOC AV, laureate head right / NI-K-AI-E, ΩN between and beneath three standards. BMC 102 var (obv. legend); ; RecGen 617 var (bust type); Forum Ancient Coin 620; Ritter 31145. Text Image Kemppinen S204 Severus Alexander, AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / NI-KA-IE-ΩN between the masts of three standards with one badge and two bars each. Kemppinen 204; BMC 103 var (obv legend + bust type + rev breaks). Text Image Kemppinen 767 Severus Alexander, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AV, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / NI-K-AI-E, WN, three standards with one badge on each mast. BMC 102 var (bust type); Kemppinen 767. Text Image Rec Gen 559 var Severus Alexander, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. AV K M AVΡ CEVH AΛEXANΔΡOC AVΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding Nike and spear. Roland Mueller Collection 1326; RecGen 559 var (Elagabalus). Unpublished reverse for Sev. Alexander. Text Image Rec Gen 580a var Severus Alexander, Nicaea Bithynia, AE22. M AVΡ AΛEXANΔΡOC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / NI-KA-IE-ΩN between the masts of three standards. RecGen 580a var (obv legend). Text Image Rec Gen 580v Severus Alexander AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 4.47 g. M AVΡ AΛEXANΔΡOC K, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. RecGen 580-582 var (obv legend); Duesseldorf 00422 var (ditto). Text Image Rec Gen 584 Severus Alexander, AE22. Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡH AΛEXANΔΡOC AVΓ, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right seen from the back / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera and spear, shield at foot. RecGen 584. Text Image cf RecGen 595 Severus Alexander AE25 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEΞANΔΡOC AV, laureate bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Hercules, nude, standing right with lionskin and bow, unclear animal before. Text Image
RecGen 616Severus Alexander AE19 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AV, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E-ΩN between legionary eagle, head right with wreath in its beak, between two standards. Text Image Rec Gen 617 Severus Alexander AE20 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIE-ΩN between 3 standards. Text Image Rec Gen 617var Severus Alexander AE20 of Nicaea, Bithyna. 4.1 g. M AVΡ CEV AΛEΞANΔΡOC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E-ΩI (sic), between three standards. Engraver's error (ΩI instead of ΩN). RecGen 617 var (bust type with this obv legend; WI below.). Text Image Rec Gen 620 Severus Alexander AE23 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AYΡ CEYH AΛEXANΔΡOC AYΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, prize crown with one palm branch. RecGen 620. Text Image SNG Cop 543 var Bithynia, Nicaea. AE22. Severus Alexander 222-225 AD. M AYΡ CEVH AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / NIKAIEΩN, Serapis, modius on head facing standing facing, holding sceptre in left hand, right arm extended, tripod to left towering above the walls of Nicaea with branches to left and right. Apparently unrecorded type. SNG 543 var (emperor, Serapis). Text Image Rohde 14522 var Severus Alexander, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. M AVΡ C AL(EΞANΔΡOC AV(Γ?)), radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NI-K-AI-E, ΩN below, three standards. Rohde 14522 var (obv. legend). Text Image SGI 3287 Severus Alexander AE19 of Bithynia, Nicaea. M AVΡ CEV AΛEZANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NI-K-A-IE between three standards, ΩN below. BMC 102. Text Image SGI 3287cf Severus Alexander AE26 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NI-K-AI-E-ΩN between three standards. Text Image SGI 3287v1 Severus Alexander, as Caesar, AE22 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC KAI, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN around three legionary standards. Text Image Scholz 57 var Severus Alexander, AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.3g. M AVΡ AΛEXANΔΡOC K, bare headed, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, serpent-entwined torch. Apparently unpublished. Scholz 57 var in NZ 1910, (this reverse for Julia Mamaea); RecGen 334 var (this reverse for Sept. Severus). Text Image SGI 3287v2 Severus Alexander, as Caesar, AE23 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC KAI, laureate head right / NI-KAI-EΩN around three standards. Text Image SGI 3827v3 Severus Alexander. Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC KAI, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right / NIK-AI-EΩN, to left, right and beneath three standards, the outer two surmounted by capricorns. Unlisted type. SGI 3287 var (capricorns, rev breaks). Text Image SGI 3287v4 Severus Alexander, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 4.60 gr. M AYΡ AΛEΞANΔΡOC KAI, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / NIKAIEΩN to left and right of three standards. This reverse is unlisted for Nicaea. His legends are only listed as being between and beneath the standards. SGI 3287 var. Text Image SNG Cop 519 Severus Alexander AE20 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AV, radiate bust right / N-IK-AI-E-ΩN between legionary eagle, head left with wreath in its beak, between two standards. Text Image SNG Cop 519var Severus Alexander, Nicaea, 222-235 AD. AE 21mm; 6.3g. M AYΡ CEYH AΛEXANΔΡOC AYΓ, radiate, draped bust right, seen from the back / N-IK-AI-E between, ΩN beneath legionary eagle between two standards. SNG Copenhagen 519 var (obv legend with H). Text Image SNG Cop 520 Severus Alexander AE 22 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. Obverse: M AVΡ CEVH ALEΞANΔΡOC AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from back. Reverse: NI-K-AI-E-&Omega:N, between and below three standards. Text Image SNG Righetti 642 Severus Alexander, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. (M AVΡ CEV AΛEXANΔΡOC AV), laureate, draped bust right, countermark of chimera (?) on neck / NI-KAIE-ΩN in three lines within wreath. SNG Righetti 642; RecGen -. Text Image SNG vA 606 Severus Alexander, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVΡ CEVH AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos on the left, standing, looking right at the nymph Nikaia. SNG von Aulock 606. Text Image SNG vA 624 Severus Alexander AE 21mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. IMP CEVH AΛEXANΔΡOC A, radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind / NI-KA-IE-ΩN between three legionary standards. Text Image Text Image
VanGessel 297 Severus Alexander, Nicaea, Bithynia. 3,42 gr, 17,8-18,8 mm. 222-235 AD. M AΛEΞANΔΡOC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NI-K-AI-E-ΩN between and beneath three standards. Van Gessel 297, SNG von Aulock 625 var. Not in the usual reference sources with this obv. legend and these reverse breaks. Text Image Beast Z7091 Julia MAMAIA, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 9.32g. IOYLIA MAMAIA CEB, draped bust right / EVCEBΩN EVΓENΩN NIKAIEΩN, Pan walking left, holding bunch of grapes and a lagobolon (hunter's stick). Unpublished. Beastcoins Z7091. Text Image Rec Gen 629 Julia Mamaea, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AYΓ, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, prize crown with one palm branch. RecGen 629; Hunter 31; McClean 7497. Text Image Scholz 57 Julia Mamaea, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia, AD 222-235. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AVG, draped bust right / NIKA-IEΩN, serpent-entwined torch. Scholz 57 in NZ 1910 (otherwise unpublished). Text Image SM 402 Julia Mamaea, 23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. 9 gr. (IOYΛIA MA)MAIA CEB, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Peleus, holding the infant Achilles on his arm and presenting him to the centaur Cheiron, tutor of Heroes. Unpublished. Steve Minnoch Coll. 402. Text Image SNGCop 514 Julia Mamaea. 4.14g; 20mm. Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AVG, draped bust right / N-IK-AI-E-ΩN, between and beneath three standards, two badges on the middle standard. BMC 105v; SNG Cop 514, SGI 3421. Text
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ImageSNG Cop 521 Julia Mamaea AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AYΓ, draped bust right / NI-KA-EIΩ-N, three standards. Text Image SNG Cop 521v Julia Mamaea AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AVΓ, Draped bust right / NI-KAI to left and right, EΩN in ex, three standards, the outer two surmounted by capricorns. SNG Copenhagen 521v (legends at sides, not between standards). Text Image SNG Cop 521v Julia Mamaea. AE21, 21.69mm, 5.6g. Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AYΓ, draped bust right / NI-KA-IE-ΩN between three standards. SNG Cop 521 var (rev legend breaks). Text Image Cologne 46 Maximinus I, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 6.76 gr. 235-238 AD. Γ IOY OYH MAXMEINOC AYΓ, laureate, draped bust right, countermarked with head of Philip right within circular punch / NI-KA-IEΩN to left and right and beneath tetrastyle temple with Tyche standing left within, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Cologne I, 46. Text Image SNG vA 617 var Maximinus I AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 6.98 g. Γ IOVΛ AVΡ MAXIMEINOC AVΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Artemis running right, drawing bow and reaching for arrow from quiver; hound at her feet. SNG von Aulock 617 var (this reverse previously used for Severus Alexander). Text Image SNG vA 634 Maximinus I AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 235-238 AD. 9.0g. Γ IOY OYH MAXIMEINOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Pan walking left, holding bunch of grapes and shepherd's crook; countermark of Nike walking in left field. SNG vA 634. Text Image SNG vA 7046 Maximinus I AE23 Diassarion of Nicaea, Bithynia. Γ IOVΛ OVHΡ MAXIMEINOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera and spear, shield at her feet. SNG von Aulock 7046. Text Image Howgego 65 Maximus AE22 of Nicaea in Bithynia. Γ IOV OVH MAXIMOC K, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E-ΩN, three standards. Text Image Rec Gen 673 Maximus AE24 of Nikaia, Bithynia. 8.28g. Γ IOY OYH MAX(IMOC K), draped and cuirassed bust right, countermark of male head left / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 673. Text Image BMC 119 Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-I-K-A-I-EΩN between and beneath two legionary eagles between two standards surmounted by capricorns. BMC 119; SNG Copenhagen 527. (Note: no obverse break, E instead of Epsilon in EWN). Text Image BMC 124 Gordian III, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AV, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E-ΩN three standards. BMC 124. Text Image BMC 125 Gordian III. AE19. 3.45 gr. Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AV, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-I-K-AI-EΩN between and beneath three standards. BMC 125. Text Image Kemppinen G028 Gordian III, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 3.84 gr. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AV, radiate, draped bust right / N-I-K-A-I, EΩN between the masts and beneath two legionary eagles between two standards with 2-3-3-2 badges. Kemppinen G028; BMC 118-119 var (obv legend, bust type). Text Image Kemppinen G120
BMC 119 varGordian III, AE19.5 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E around, ΩN beneath two standards between two legionary eagles. Kemppinen G120; BMC 119 var (rev legend breaks). Text Image Kemppinen PK-12-6 Gordian III. AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E between, ΩN beneath legionary eagle between two standards surmounted by capricorns. (badges on masts: 2-1-2.) Kemppinen PK-12-6. Text Image Mionnet 852 Gordian III AE 23mm of Bithynia, Nicaea. Radiate draped bust right / Athena standing facing, head left, holding patera and retrospear; shield at side. Text Image Text Image
Rec Gen 700 Gordian III, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 20.09 g. M A NT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield, countermark on neck / NIKAIEΩN, Herakles, with Eros on his knee and holding club, riding right on the back of a lion. RecGen 700. Text Image Rec Gen 710 Gordian III, AE31 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ, radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear in left hand and shield decorated with Gorgoneion on right arm / NIKAIEΩN BOYΛH ΔEMOC OMONIA around, in field and beneath Demos, bare-shouldered, standing right, holding sceptre in left hand, offering right hand to Boule, standing left, turreted, holding sceptre. Imhoof, Gr. M. 132; RecGen 710; c/m: Howgego 65. Text Image Rec Gen 712 Gordian III, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-I-K-A-I, EΩN between and beneath two legionary eagles between two standards, one of which is surmounted by a capricorn, all masts have three badges. RecGen 712. Text Image Rec Gen 715 Gordian III, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC,C AV, radiate, draped bust right / N-I-K-A-I-EΩN (in ex.), two standards surmounted by capricorns between two standards. Rec Gen 1-III, 715. Text Image SNG Cop 526v Gordian III, AE19, Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ, radiate, draped bust right / N-I-K-AI-EΩN between and beneath three standards. SNG Copenhagen 526 var (obv legend and rev -AI-break). Text Image SNG UK 700-1165 Gordian III, AE 22mm, Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC A, radiate, draped bust right / N-IK-AI-E, ΩN between and beneath legionary eagle between two standards. SNG UK 700_1165. Text Image Zwicker 1071 Gordian, AE 32mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAI-EΩN above and beneath Hephaistos (Vulkan) seated right, forging helmet on column; to right, Athena standing left, right hand on helmet, left hand on shield. Zwicker Collection, Z1071 otherwise unpublished. Text Image SNG vA 653 var Gordian III, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AV, radiate, draped bust right / NI-K-AI-E, ΩN between and beneath legionary eagle between two standards. SNG von Aulock 653 var (rev break). Text Image Zwicker 1073 Gordian III, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2,70 gr. 238-244. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-I-K-A-I, EΩN between and beneath two standards surmounted by capricorns between two standards. Zwicker Z1073; cf Rec Gen 711 (rad. draped only). Text Image Rec Gen 718 Tranquillina, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. CABEI TΡANKVΛΛEINA, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Serapis standing left, holding staff and raising right hand. Rec. Gen. 718; BMC 126. Text Image Rec Gen 719 var Tranquillina, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. CAB TΡANKYΛΛEINA C, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing left, holding transverse spear forwards, shield on left arm. ReGen 719 var (attributes); BMC 127 var (ditto). Text Image Rec Gen 721v Tranquillina, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 6.30 g. CABEI TΡANKYΛΛINA C, draped, diademed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. var of SNG von Aulock 661; McClean 7504; RecGen 721. BMC 128 (obv. legend). Text Image RecGen 723 Tranquillina AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 241-244. 4.51 g. CAB TΡANKYΛΛINA, draped bust right, wearing stephane. / N-I-K-AI between the masts of a legionary eagle between two standards, EΩN below. RecGen 723; BMC 130. Text Image SNG Dusseld. 1828 Tranquillina, AE22 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 6.1g. [CAB TΡAN]KVΛΛINAC, diademed and draped bust right / NIKAIE-ΩN around and beneath hexastyle temple with dot in pediment with Tyche standing facing within, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SLG Dusseldorf 1828 and 5945; Isegrim 43172; RecGen 722var (deity); BMC 129var (ditto). Text Image Weiser 126 Philip I, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 12.2 gr. Reduced tetrassarion. 244-247 AD. M IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC AVΓ, laureate, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and long torch. Weiser 126 (same dies); RecGen 727 var (bust type). Text Image SNGvA 7061 Trebonianus Gallus, Bithynia, Nicaea, AE23. 251-253 AD. AYT K Γ BEIB ΓAΛΛOC A, radiate draped bust right / NIKAI-EΩN, Serapis standing left, polos on head, holding sceptre and raising hand. SNG Von Aulock 7061. Text Image Paris AAGR569 Volusian, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 251-253. 10.47 gr. AY K BEIB ΓAΛΛOC OYOΛOCCIANOC, radiate head right / NIKAIEΩN, distyle shrine with arched portico and rounded roof, bust on a low column within. Paris AA.GR.569 (under Nysa, Lydia in error), otherwise unpublished. Text Image Rec Gen 794 Valerian I, AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 253-260. ΠOY ΛIK OYAΛEΡIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Athena seated left on stool, holding Nike and spear, shield at her side. RecGen 794; Lindgren III 196; Weiser 186. Text Image Rec Gen 804, left Valerian, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 256-260. ΠOY ΛIK OYAΛEΡIANOC CEB, radiate, draped bust of Valerian left, right hand raised / NIKAIEΩN, Gallienus on the left, standing right beside the emperor, standing front, looking left, both holding sceptres, beside a figure (Salonina, Homonoia or a priest) standing left, holding a patera over a small altar. RecGen 804-805; Waddington 447; SNG von Aulock 713; McClean 7507. Text Image Rec Gen 804 Valerian I, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΠOY ΛIK OYAΛEΡIANOC CEB, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Gallienus standing half right clasping hands with Valerian, standing left, both holding sceptres, to right Homonoia standing left, holding patera. McClean 7507; RecGen 804-805; Waddington 447; SNG von Aulock 71. Text Image RecGen 819 Valerian and Gallienus, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 253-260. AYT OYAΛEΡIANOC ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, confronting, radiate, draped and cuirassed busts of Valerian I and Gallienus. / OI KTICTAI NIKAIEΩN, Artemis standing right, wearing modius and holding bow; clasping the hand of Dionysus, standing left before her, holding thyrsos; panther at foot. RecGen 819; BMC 147. Text Image SNG Cop 535 Valerian I, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΠOY ΛIK OVAΛEΡIANOC AVΓ, radiate, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Rec.Gen -. SNG Cop. 535. Text Image SNG Cop 536 corr Valerian, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 256-257. 8.89 g. ΠOY ΛIK OYAΛEΡIANOC CEB, radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre over shoulder and raising right hand / NIKAIEΩN, on the left, Gallienus and Valerian I facing each other in military dress, clasping hands and each holding a spear; Valerian II, togate, standing left on the right, holding patera. (Note, many catalogs describe Valerian II as Homonoia). SNG Cop. 536 corr. ("Homonoia" for Val. II); RecGen 806 var (bust type). Text Image SNG Cop 537 Valerian I, Gallienus and Valerian II, AE24, Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT-OYAΛEΡI-ANOC ΓAΛΛIH-NOC OYAΛEΡIA-NOC KAI in 5 lines above, CEBB below, Laureate heads of Valerian I and Gallienus face to face, between them a bare headed bust of Valerian II / MEΓICTΩN AΡICTΩN above, NIKAIEΩN below, Three prize urns, each with a palm branch. SNG Cop 537. Text Image SNG vA 7083 Valerian I, Gallienus and Valerian II, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 253-255. AVT-OVAΛEΡI-ANOC ΓAΛΛIH-NOC OVAΛEΡIA-NOC KAIC in 5 lines above, CEBB below, radiate and draped busts of Gallienus and Valerian II right, facing the radiate and draped bust of Valerian I left. / MEΓICTΩN AΠICTΩN above, NIKAIEΩN below, Three prize crowns containing palm branches; the centre one contains two palms. SNG von Aulock 7083; BMC 150-151; Waddington 823; Mionnet II, 293; Weiser 262. Text Image Weiser 196 Valerian I, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 253-260. 8.20 g. Γ ΠOY ΛIK OYAΛEΡIANOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔIO ΠYΘ CEB NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos, naked, wearing boots, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. Weiser 196; Righetti Coll. 11112. Text Image BMC 154 Gallienus AE 23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΠOY ΛI EΓ ΓAΛΛIHNO CEB, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysus in quadriga of elephants left, holding cantharus and thyrsus. SNGvA 724. Text Image Lindgren 199v Gallienus AE26., 9.24g; 26mm 260-268 AD. Nicaea, Bithynia. ΠOYB ΛIK EΓNA ΓAΛΛIHNOC AVΓ, radiate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Lindgren III, 199 var (obv legend); RecGen 841 var (obv. legend). Text Image Mionnet Supp V, 936 Gallienus AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 253-268. 7.39 g. ΠOY ΛI EΓ ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos, holding kantharos, sitting left in a quadriga of elephants left. RecGen 836; SNG von Aulock 724; BMC 154; Mionnet Supp. V, 936-937; SNG Righetti 654; Weiser 4; Feuardent 4542; Kurth Dionysos 1561g; Bernhart 1089. Text Image Rec Gen 836 Gallienus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΠOY ΛI EΓ ΓAΛΛIHN CEB, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, in quadriga of elephants left. SNG von Aulock 724; BMC 154; Rec Gen 836. Text Image Rec Gen 848 Gallienus AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 7.18 g. ΠOY ΛI EΓ ΓAΛ[ΛIHNOC C]EB, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Bird's eye view of the city walls, city gates in foreground and background, tower on each of the eight corners. SNG Stockholm 1958; Price/Trell 190; RecGen 848. Text Image Rec Gen 853 Gallienus, AE 26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ΠOYB ΛIK EΓN ΓAΛΛHNOC AVΓ, radiate, draped bust right / AΓΩNEC IEΡOI, NIKAIE-ΩN, three prize crowns with palms on a base inscribed ΠYΘIA. RecGen 853. Text Image Rec Gen 861 Salonina, Bithynia, Nicaea, AE25. KOΡN CAΛONEINA CEB , draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Valerian and Gallienus, radiate, in military garb, standing face-to-face, holding spears and clasping hands; Salonina standing, facing right, behind. RecGen 861, BMC 156, SNG Cop 542, SNG von aulock 731. Text Image SNG vA 7097 Valerian II, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 256-258 AD. 20.56mm - 4 gr. Π Λ KOΡ OYAΛEΡIANOC K, Bare-headed, draped bust right / IΠΠAΡCOC NIKAIEΩN, Hipparchus the astronomer seated left on cippus, globe on pedestal to left; countermark of a head left. SNG Von Aulock 7097. Text Image SNG von Aulock 733 Macrianus AE 23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrianus right / City-view of Nicaea surrounded by a octagonal wall with two gates. Text Image BMC 157 Macrianus AE 26 mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / City walls of Nicaea. Text Image BMC 160 Quietus AE 22mm of Bithynia, Nicaea. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / City walls of Nicaea. Text Image See also: Helvetica's Excel list of "Three (and four) Standards" reverse types of Nicaea
