Nicaea, Bithynia, AE22, C. Papirius Carbo, 62-59 BC. 9.66 gr. NIKAIEWN, Head of youthful Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy, PLT monogram to right, date DKS under neck / EPI GAIOU PAPIRIOU KARBWNWS, to left and right of Roma seated left, holding Nike and spear, RWMH in exergue. RecGen 6.
Bithynia, Nicaea. C Papirius Carbo, Proconsul 62-59 BC, AE 23mm. Dated Year 224 = 59/8 BC. NIKAIEWN left, wreathed head of Dionysos right; date DKS below, monogram before / EPI GAIOU PAPIRIOU KARBWNOS, RWMH in ex, 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.
Nicaea, Bithynia, AE18, ca. 25 BC, Procos Thorius Flaccus. 3.55g. NIKAIEWN, Head of youthful Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy / EPI ANQYPATOY QWRIOY FLAKKOY, Head of elephant right; monograms in left and right fields. Rec.Gen. 18; RPC 2030.
Augustus, AE26 of Nicaea. Thorius Flaccus Proconsul. NIKAIEWN, bare head left / EPI ANQURATOU QWPIOU FLAKKOU, Nike advancing left holding palm & wreath. Rec Gen 13-15.
Claudius AE31 of Nicaea, Bithynia. C Cadius Rufus, proconsul ca 47-48 AD. TI KLAUDIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS GERMANIKOS, laureate head left / G KADIOS ROUFOU ANQUPATOS NEIKAIEWN, front view of multi-story building. Rec Gen 28 var.
Claudius AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. C Cadius Rufus, proconsul ca 47-48 AD. TI KLAUDIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS GERMANIKOS, laureate head left, lituus before / G KADIOS ROUFOU ANQUPATOS, NEIKA monogram below, all in laurel wreath. Rec Gen 29.
Claudius AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. L Mindius Balbus, proconsul ca 48-9 AD. TI KLAUDIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS GERMANIKOS, laureate head left / L MINDIOS BALBOS ANQUPATOS around large NKAE monogram, all in border of dots. Rec Gen 24.
Claudius AE 22mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. Pasidienus Firmus, Proconsul ca 50 AD. TI KLAUDIOS SEBASTOS GERMANIKOS, bare head right / PASIDIHNOS FIRMOS PATRON PO around ANQU/PATOS & NIKEA monogram. Rec Gen 26.
Britannicus, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. BRITANNIKOS KAISAR SEBASTOU UIOS, bare head of Britannicus left / L KADIOS ROUFOS ANQUPATOS NAIKAIEWN, side view of a two-storeyed building. RPC 2039; SNG Fitz. 4110; Leake Coll. 2.
Nero AE 21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. NERWN KLAUDIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS, bare head left, lituus before / TARKUTIOS PREISKOS PATRWN, trophy (trophies?) of arms above NEIK. SGI 561, BMC 15, Rec Gen 41-2.
Nero & Poppaea AE26 (dupondius) of Nicaea, Bithynia, NERWN KLAUDIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS GERM, radiate head of Nero, GALBA countermark on face / POPPAIA SEBASTH, Poppaea seated right.
Domitian AE26 (dupondius) of Nicaea, Bithynia, AUG DOMITIANOS KAISAR SEBA GER, Laureate head right / NEIKAIEIS PRWTOI THS EPARCEIAS, Demeter standing right, holding corn ears and staff.
Domitian AE28 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT DOMITIANOS KAISAR SEB GER, laureate head right / TON KTIS NIKAIEIS PRWTOI PONT KAI BIQ, Dionysos standing left, foot on elephant head, holding cantharus & thyrsus.
Domitian AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT DOMITIANOS KAISAR SEBA GEPM, laureate head right / TON KTESTH NEIKAIEIS PRWTOI THS EPAPX, wreathed head of Herakles left.
Domitian AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT DOMITIANOS KAISAR SEB GER, laureate head right / RWMHN MHTROPOLIN NEIK PRW BIQ KAI P, Roma seated left on rocks, holding wreath. RPC II 640; RecGen 61; BMC 25.
Trajan, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.2g. [AVT] KAI NER TRAIAN..., laureate head right, countermarked TOM (Howgego 567). / DIOC beneath altar with double doors, DIOC below. Hunter 9 or Price & Trell fig 188.
Antoninus Pius, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT KAIC T AIL ANTWNINOC, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, bearded head of Herakles right, wreathed with ivy. Burstein Coll. sale 553; RPC online 8335.
Antoninus Pius AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT KAI T AI ADP ANTWNINOC CЄB, bare head right / CW(THPI ACKLH) NIKAIEIC, serpent-entwined altar. SNG Cop 475, SGI 1389.
Antoninus Pius, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 7.51 g. Laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Nemesis standing left, spitting into drapery at her bosom, holding bridle, wheel at foot left. RecGen 109-110 var (cubit-rule, not bridle).
Antoninus Pius AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT KAIC T AIL ADR ANTWNINOC, laureate head right / TON KTICTIN NIKAIEIC, Herakles Farnese standing right, holding club set on rock. cf Rec Gen 161 of Marcus Aurelius.
Marcus Aurelius, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.61 g. Bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Harpokrates standing left, holding hand to mouth. Unpublished for Marcus Aurelius. cf. RecGen 107 (this reverse for Antoninus Pius).
Marcus Aurelius AE19mm of Nicaea in Bithynia. AV K M AVP ANTWNIN, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, infant Dionysos in cradle left, raising hands; thyrsos behind. BMC 35cf.
Marcus Aurelius AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 161-180 AD. AVK M AVR ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Pan naked, standing left, holding branch and askos; herme of Priapus behind. RecGen 155; SNG Copenhagen 481.
Marcus Aurelius AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 161-180 AD. AT K M AVP ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Head of Pan right. RecGen 158; Waddington collection 407.
Marcus Aurelius AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 161-180 AD. AVT K M AVP ANTWNEINOC, 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.
Lucius Verus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT K L AYP OYHPOC C, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Athena standing right, holding spear in right hand and resting left on shield. RecGen 213; Paris 909.
Commodus, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.49 g. (AV K) KOMOD ANTWNIN, laureate head of Commodus right / ALEXANDRON NIKEWN, diademed head of Alexander in lionskin right. cf Dahmen 13-1 (rev. legend); Var of RecGen 287 (ditto).
Commodus, AE18, Nicaea, Bithynia. AU K KOMOD ANTWNIN, laureate head right / OMHROC NIKAIEWN, draped bust of Homer right, wearing taenia. Rec Gen 249 var (obv. legend); SNG von Aulock 571 var (ditto); Weiser 19 var (ditto).
Commodus, AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. A K M AY KO ANTWNIN, bare-head right / NIKAIEWN, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. Hunter 14; RecGen 282 var (obv. legend); BMC 45 var (ditto); Waddington 411 var (ditto).
Commodus, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. A K M A KO ANTW, bare head right / IEPOC AGWN NIKAIEWN, oenochoe (wine vase) with one palm branch in it. RecGen 312.
Commodus, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 13.80 g. A K M AV KO ANTWNEIN, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / KOMODEIA NIKAIEWN, 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.
Commodus, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 5.8 gr. M AY KOM ANTWNINOS, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Homonia standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. Weber 4902.
Septimius Severus, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT K L CEP CEVHPOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at foot left. RecGen 322.
Septimius Severus, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 3.24 gr. AY K L CEP CEYHROC, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and torch. RecGen 324.
Septimius Severus AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT K L CEPTI CEVHPOC P, laureate bust right, countermark of Nike with wreath on neck / NIKAIEWN, Athena standing left with owl and sceptre.
Septimius Severus, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 193-211 AD. 18.31 mm, 2.2 gr. AY K L CEP CEYHPOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Serpent upright, head left, jaws open. BMC 58; RecGen 341.
Septimius Severus AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, tetrastyle temple with dots in entablature and front. Cf Recueil General 390 of Julia Domna for this reverse.
Julia Domna, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 193-217. 2.38 g. IOYLIA 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.
Julia Domna, AE28 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOYLIA DOMNA CE, draped bust right / NIKAIEWN, eagle standing right, wings open, head left, on altar between two standards. SNG Righetti 638 corrected (obv. legend), same dies.
Julia Domna, AE24, Nicaea, Bithynia. IOVLIA AVGOVCT, draped bust left / NIKA-I-EWN to left, above and right of legionary eagle between two standards. Unlisted for Domna with the legend around the standards.
Caracalla (or Elagabalus?), AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVR ANTWNINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, burning, garlanded altar. FAC 27861 (Forum Ancient Coins).
Caracalla, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTWNINOC AYG, laureat head right / NIKAIEWN, bull standing right. Lindgren III 186, (RecGen 473 var (obv. legend)).
Caracalla, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 197-218. 1.8g. ANTWNINOC AYGOY, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CEOYHREIA NIKAIEWN, Prize crown containing one palm branch. Mionnet Supp. V, 601 var (Sept. Severus). Not in BMC, RecGen, Mionnet, Jürgling, Imhoof etc.
Caracalla AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTWNI(...), laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, prize urn with one palm branch. RecGen 489cf; cf Mionnet S5, 703 (two palms)
Caracalla, AE23 of Bithynia, Nicaea. 198-217 AD. M AUR ANT-WNINOC AUG, Laureate head right / NIKA-IEWN, Athena standing left, sacrificing out of patera over altar, holding spear; shield at side to right. RecGen 423 var. (no altar); SNG Cop -.
Caracalla, AE 23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 7.3g. M AYPH[......]NINOC AYG, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Athena standing front, head left, holding patera, spear and shield. RecGen 428.
Caracalla, Nicaea, Bithynia, 198-217 AD. ANTWNEINOC AUGOUCTOC, laureate head of Caracalla right / NIKAIEWN, cista mystica with snake emerging. RecGen 442; SNG Von Aulock 7037.
Caracalla, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTWNINOC AUGOUCTOC, laureate head left / NI-KAI-EWN around hexastyle temple with Tyche standing within, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 458.
Caracalla, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 12.35g. ANTWNEINOC AVGOVCTOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEW-N (EW 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.
Caracalla, AE25, Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTWNINOC-AUGOUCTOC, laureate, bearded head right / NIKA-IEWN to left and right of legionary eagle between two standards. RecGen 481.
Caracalla, AE27, Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTWNINOC-AUGOUCTOC, laureate, bearded head right / NIKA-I-EWN to left, above and right of legionary eagle between two standards. RecGen 481.
Caracalla, AE27, Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTWNINOC-AUGOUCTOC, laureate, bearded head right / NIKAI-EWN to left and right of legionary eagle between two standards. RecGen 481.
Caracalla, Nicaea, Bithynia. 25 mm,5.75 gr. ANTWNINOC AUGOUCTOC, laureate head right / NIKA-I-EWN to left, above and right of legionary eagle between two standards. RecGen 481B.
Caracalla AE16 of Nicaea in Bithynia. ANTWNEINOC AYGO, laureate head of youthful Caracalla right / NIKA-IEWN, two-handled vase with 2 palm branches emerging.
Caracalla AE23, Nicaea, Bithynia. 7.37g, 23.4mm. ANTWNINOC AUGOUCTOC, radiate head right / NIKA-I-EWN to left, above and to right of legionary eagle between two standards. SNG Copenhagen 507 var (bust type and rev breaks).
Caracalla, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. ANTWNINOC AYGOYCTOC, laureate, bearded head right / NIKAIEWN, cista mystica opening left, with serpent emerging. SNG von Aulock 7037; Rec Gen 442 (but bearded bust).
Plautilla, AE22 of Nicaea, Bithynia. PLAUTILLA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEWN, 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.
Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.42 gr. GETAC KAICAR, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Dionysos riding panther right. Apparently unpublished. JHE auction 11, lot 50.
Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.20 g. GETAC KAICAP, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, flaming, garlanded altar. Mionnet Supp. V, 726; Lindgren III 187 var (bust type).
Geta, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 10.29 g. L CEPTIM GETAC KAIC, bare head right. Two countermarks, Nike standing right (Howgego 254) and male head right with crescent on head) / NIKAIEWN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms. RecGen 335 var (Sept. Severus, unlisted for Geta).
Geta, AE 15, 2.15g of Nicaea, Bithynia. P CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Hermes standing left, petasos on head, holding purse and caduceus. RecGen 365 var (Julia Domna, unlisted for Geta).
Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. GETAC KAICAP, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Herakles Farnese standing right, right hand behind back, resting on club set on rock. RecGen 342 var (this reverse for Sept. Severus).
Geta AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. KAICAP GETAC, draped bust right / NEIKAIEWN, Pan standing right with trophy over his shoulder. RecGen 444 var (Caracalla, unlisted for Geta).
Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.4 gr. L CEPTI GETAC, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, bull standing left. RecGen 473 var (Caracalla, bull standing right); unlisted for Geta.
Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 2.85 g. L CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Athena standing left, holding shield set on ground and spear. Rec Gen 502; Righetti 9875.
Geta, AE31 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 13.34 g. AVT K CEPTI GETAC AVGOVC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / NIKAEIWN, RWNHN below, Roma seated left, holding Nike on globe; shield behind. RecGen 503 var (as Caesar).
Geta AE27 of Nicaea, Bithynia. L CEPT GETAC KAIC, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEWN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and torch. RecGen 505.
Geta AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 3.09 gr. L CEPT GETAC KAIC, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEWN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and torch. RecGen 505.
Geta, AE15of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2,41 g. L CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Eros, winged and in long cloak, standing left, resting on torch set on a circular base. RecGen 507.
Geta, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 198-211 AD. 2.90 gr. P CEPTI GETAC K, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, The infant Dionysos sitting right in cradle, holding thyrsus. RecGen 509.
Geta, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.89 gr. P CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, cista mystica opening left with serpent emerging. RecGen 510 var (bust type). Righetti Sale, 366.
Geta, as Caesar, AE26 of Bithynia, Nicaea. CEPT GETAC KAICA, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Hercules right grappling with the Lernean Hydra, club poised above.
Geta, AE 26, 9.59g of Nicaea, Bithynia. L CEPTIM GETAC K[AI], bare-headed (draped?) bust right / NIKAIEWN, 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).
Geta as Caesar, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. L CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAEIWN, Nemesis standing left, holding whip, resting left hand on wheel at side. Four dots in exergue.
Geta as Caesar, AE15, (2.56g) Nicaea, Bithynia, 2,67 g. L CEPT GETAC KAI, Bare head right / NIKAEIWN, Nemesis standing left, holding whip, wheel at side. RecGen 514.
Geta, AE17 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.06g. A CEPTI GETAC KAIC, laureate head of Geta left / NIKAIEWNC, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm. RecGen 515 var. (legends, bust type, Nike left). Not in Isegrim, Mionnet, Weiser etc.
Geta, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. (Ancient imitation) 198-212 AD. A CEPT-GETA KAIC, laureate bust left / NIKAIEWN, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm. Ancient imitation of RecGen 515.
Geta AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. P CEP GETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEWN, eagle standing right, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak.
Geta, AE13 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 1.55 g. P CEP GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Tetrastyle temple with dot in pediment, dot in centre. Rec Gen 520.
Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.267 gr. P CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust right / NIKAIEWN, tetrastyle temple on three steps, dot in pediment. RecGen 521.
Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. GETAC KAICAR, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, tetrastyle temple with peaked roof, figure within. RecGen 522 var. (RecGen does not list a figure within the temple.)
Geta, AE15 of Nicaea, Bithynia. Severeian Games issue. GETAC KAICAR, bare head left / CEOYHREIA NIKAIEWN, Prize crown containing one palm branch. RecGen 525-526 var (bust type, rev. legend).
Geta, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. GETAC KAICAR, bare head left / NIKAIEWN, Tyche seated left, rivergod Sagaris at foot. RecGen -; (550 var (Macrinus)); Imhoof 225 var (Commodus).
Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 16mm, 3.00 g. L SEP GETAS KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Righetti 8668, otherwise unpublished.
Geta, AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 3.86 g. P CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and corncuopiae. Righetti 8671, otherwise unpublished.
Geta, AE16 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3,22 g. P CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, Bull standing right. RecGen 473 var (Caracalla); Righetti Sale 364.
Geta, AE16mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.2gr, 209-212 AD. GETAC KAICAR, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. SNG Stockholm 1953; Rec Gen 519 var (obv. legend).
Geta, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2.26 gr. L GETAC KAICAR, bare head right / NIKAIEWN, eagle standing right, head left, wings open. SNG Stockholm 1953; RecGen 353 var (Sept. Severus).
Macrinus, AE29 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 12.9 gr. [AVT K M] OPEL CEOVHR MAKREINOC AVG (HR ligate), laureate (draped?) and cuirassed bust right / NIKA-IEWN, Serapis walking right, holding sceptre over left shoulder, right hand raised. RecGen 537.
Macrinus, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 217-218 AD. 6.32 gr. AYT K M OPEL CEOYHR MAKREINOC AYG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / (TUCH AGAQH around), NI-KA-IEWN to left, right and beneath hexastyle temple. RecGen 556.
Elagabalus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVP ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate head right / NI-KA-IE-WN 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.
Elagabalus, AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 218-222 AD. M AVR ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, 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 ?).
Elagabalus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVP 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.
Elagabalus AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT K M ANTWN..., laureate head right / NIKAIEWN, Hermes standing left, chlamis draped over right arm, holding purse & caduceus.
Elagabalus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 218-222 AD. 6,10 gr. M AVRH ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate head right / NI-KA-IE-WN between legionary eagle between two standards surmounted by capricorns. SNG Cop 512.
Severus Alexander. AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 4.79 g. M AYR CEY ALEZANDROC AYG, laureate head right / NIK-AI-EWN, to left, right and beneath two standards surmounted by capricorns with another standard between them. Unpublished reverse type (legend positions). Agora 3-71.
Severus Alexander, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. 4.44g; 21mm. M AVR SEVH ALEXANDROC AVG, laureate head right / NI-K-AI-E / WN between and beneath three standards. BMC 102 var (obv legend with AVG); RecGen I-III, 617 var (bust type).
Bithynia, Nicaea. Severus Alexander AE19. M AVP CEVH ALEXANDROC AV, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / N/IK/AI/E between three standards, WN in ex.
Severus Alexander AE21 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC AV, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NI-KA-IE-WN between three legionary standards.
Severus Alexander AE, 4.85 gr, 20.28 mm. Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. M AVR CEVH ALEXANDROC A, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / N-IK-AI-E / WN, between and beneath three standards. BMC 103 var (obv legend ending; bust type); cf Sear Greek Imp. 3287.
Severus Alexander, AE 20.27mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVR CEV ALEXANDROC AC, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / NI-K-A-IE, WN between and beneath three standards. BMC 103 var (rev breaks).
Severus Alexander, AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVR CEVH ALEXANDROC AV, laureate head right / NI-K-AI-E, WN between and beneath three standards. BMC 102 var (obv. legend); ; RecGen 617 var (bust type); Forum Ancient Coin 620; Ritter 31145.
Severus Alexander, AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVR CEV ALEXANDROC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / NI-KA-IE-WN between the masts of three standards with one badge and two bars each. Kemppinen 204; BMC 103 var (obv legend + bust type + rev breaks).
Severus Alexander, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVR CEV ALEXANDROC 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.
Severus Alexander, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. AV K M AVR CEVI ALEXANDROC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding Nike and spear. Roland Mueller Collection 1326; RecGen 559 var (Elagabalus). Unpublished reverse for Sev. Alexander.
Severus Alexander, Nicaea Bithynia, AE22. M AVR ALEXANDROC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / NI-KA-IE-WN between the masts of three standards. RecGen 580a var (obv legend).
Severus Alexander AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 4.47 g. M AVR ALEXANDROC K, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. RecGen 580-582 var (obv legend); Duesseldorf 00422 var (ditto).
Severus Alexander, AE22. Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVRH ALEXANDROC AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right seen from the back / NIKAIEWN, Athena standing left, holding patera and spear, shield at foot. RecGen 584.
Severus Alexander AE25 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDPOC AV, laureate bust right / NIKAIEWN, Hercules, nude, standing right with lionskin & bow, unclear animal before.
Severus Alexander AE19 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC AV, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E|WN between legionary eagle, head right with wreath in its beak, between two standards.
Severus Alexander AE20 of Nicaea, Bithyna. 4.1 g. M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E/WI (sic), between three standards. Engraver's error (WI instead of WN). RecGen 617 var (bust type with this obv legend; WI in ex.).
Bithynia, Nicaea. AE22. Severus Alexander 222-225 AD. M AYR CEVH ALEXANDROC, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / NIKAIEWN, 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).
Severus Alexander, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. M AVP C AL(EXANDPOC AV(G?)), radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NI-K-AI-E, WN below, three standards. Rohde 14522 var (obv. legend).
Severus Alexander AE26 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC AV, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NI-K-AI-E/WN between three standards.
Severus Alexander, as Caesar, AE22 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC KAI, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN around three legionary standards.
Severus Alexander, AE21 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 3.3g. M AVR ALEXANDROC K, bare headed, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, serpent-entwined torch. Apparently unpublished. Scholz 57 var in NZ 1910, (this reverse for Julia Mamaea); RecGen 334 var (this reverse for Sept. Severus).
Severus Alexander. Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVR SEV ALEXANDROC KAI, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right / NIK-AI-EWN, to left, right and beneath three standards, the outer two surmounted by capricorns. Unlisted type. SGI 3287 var (capricorns, rev breaks).
Severus Alexander, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 4.60 gr. M AUR ALEXANDROC KAI, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / NIKA-IEWN 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.
Severus Alexander AE20 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC AV, radiate bust right / N-IK-AI-E|WN between legionary eagle, head left with wreath in its beak, between two standards.
Severus Alexander, Nicaea, 222-235 AD. AE 21mm; 6.3g. M AUR SEUH ALEXANDROS AUG, radiate, draped bust right, seen from the back / N-IK-AI-E between, WN beneath legionary eagle between two standards. SNG Copenhagen 519 var (obv legend with H).
Bronze, 4.44 grams; 21.35 mm. Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. Obverse: M AVP CEVH ALEXANDPOC AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from back. Reverse: NI-K-AI-E / WN, between and below three standards.
Severus Alexander, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. M AVR CEVH ALEXANDROC, laureate, draped bust right / NIKAIEWN, Dionysos on the left, standing, looking right at the nymph Nikaia. SNG von Aulock 606.
Severus Alexander AE 21mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. IMP CEVH ALEXANDPOC A, radiate & draped bust right, seen from behind / NI-KA-IE-WN between three legionary standards.
Severus Alexander, Nicaea, Bithynia. 3,42 gr, 17,8-18,8 mm. 222-235 AD. M ALEXANDROC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NI-K-AI-E, WN 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.
Julia MAMAIA, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 9.32g. IOYLIA MAMAIA CEB, draped bust right / EVCEBWN EVGENWN NIKAIEWN, Pan walking left, holding bunch of grapes and a lagobolon (hunter's stick). Unpublished. Beastcoins Z7091.
Julia Mamaea, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia, AD 222-235. IOVLIA MAMAIA AVG, draped bust right / NIKA-IEWN, serpent-entwined torch. Scholz 57 in NZ 1910 (otherwise unpublished).
Julia Mamaea, 23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. 9 gr. (IOVLIA MA)MAIA CEB, draped bust right / NIKAIEWN, Peleus, holding the infant Achilles on his arm and presenting him to the centaur Cheiron, tutor of Heroes. Unpublished. Steve Minnoch Coll. 402.
Julia Mamaea. 4.14g; 20mm. Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. IOVLIA MAMAIA AVG, draped bust right / N-IK-AI-E-WN, between and beneath three standards, two badges on the middle standard. BMC 105v; SNG Cop 514, SGI 3421.
Julia Mamaea AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. IOVLIA MAMAIA AVG, Draped bust right / NI-KAI to left and right, EWN in ex, three standards, the outer two surmounted by capricorns. SNG Copenhagen 521v (legends at sides, not between standards).
Maximinus I, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 6.76 gr. 235-238 AD. G IOY OYH MAXMEINOC AYG, laureate, draped bust right, countermarked with head of Philip right within circular punch / NI-KA-IEWN to left and right and beneath tetrastyle temple with Tyche standing left within, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Cologne I, 46.
Maximinus I AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 6.98 g. G IOVL AVR MAXIMEINOC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, 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).
Maximinus I AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 235-238 AD. 9.0g. G IOY OYH MAXIMEINOC AYG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, Pan walking left, holding bunch of grapes and shepherd's crook; countermark of Nike walking in left field. SNG vA 634.
Maximinus I AE23 Diassarion of Nicaea, Bithynia. G IOVL OVHR MAXIMEINOC AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NIKAIEWN, Athena standing left, holding patera and spear, shield at her feet. SNG von Aulock 7046.
Maximus AE24 of Nikaia, Bithynia. 8.28g. G IOY OYH MAX(IMOC K), draped and cuirassed bust right, countermark of male head left / NIKAIEWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 673.
Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-I-K-A-I-EWN 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).
Gordian III. AE19. 3.45 gr. Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT GORDIANOS AV, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-I-K-AI-EWN between and beneath three standards. BMC 125.
Gordian III, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 3.84 gr. M ANT GORDIANOC AV, radiate, draped bust right / N-I-K-A-I, EWN 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).
Gordian III, AE19.5 of Nicaea, Bithynia. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-E around, WN beneath two standards between two legionary eagles. Kemppinen G120; BMC 119 var (rev legend breaks).
Gordian III, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 20.09 g. M A NT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield, countermark on neck / NIKAIEWN, Herakles, with Eros on his knee and holding club, riding right on the back of a lion. RecGen 700.
Gordian III, AE31 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear in left hand and shield decorated with Gorgoneion on right arm / NIKAIEWN BOULH DEMOC 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.
Gordian III, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-I-K-A-I, EWN between and beneath two legionary eagles between two standards, one of which is surmounted by a capricorn, all masts have three badges. RecGen 712.
Gordian III, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT GORDIANOC AV, radiate, draped bust right / N-I-K-A-I / EWN (in ex.), two standards surmounted by capricorns between two standards. Rec Gen 1-III, 715.
Gordian III, AE19, Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped bust right / N-I-K-AI-EWN between and beneath three standards. SNG Copenhagen 526 var (obv legend and rev -AI-break).
Gordian III, AE 22mm, Nicaea, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. M ANT GORDIANOC A, radiate, draped bust right / N-IK-AI-E, WN between and beneath legionary eagle between two standards. SNG UK 700_1165.
Gordian, AE 32mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAI-EWN 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.
Gordian III, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244. M ANT GORDIANOC AV, radiate, draped bust right / NI-K-AI-E, WN between and beneath legionary eagle between two standards. SNG von Aulock 653 var (rev break).
Gordian III, AE19 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 2,70 gr. 238-244. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / N-I-K-A-I, EWN between and beneath two standards surmounted by capricorns between two standards. Zwicker Z1073; cf Rec Gen 711 (rad. draped only).
Tranquillina, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 6.30 g. CABEI TRANKYLLINA C, draped, diademed bust right / NIKAIEWN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. var of SNG von Aulock 661; McClean 7504; RecGen 721. BMC 128 (obv. legend).
Tranquillina, AE22 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 6.1g. [CAB TRAN]KVLLINAC, diademed and draped bust right / NIKAIE-WN 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).
Philip I, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 12.2 gr. Reduced tetrassarion. 244-247 AD. M IOVLIOC FILIPPOC AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and long torch. Weiser 126 (same dies); RecGen 727 var (bust type).
Trebonianus Gallus, Bithynia, Nicaea, AE23. 251-253 AD. AUT K G BEIB GALLOC A, radiate draped bust right / NIKAI-EWN, Serapis standing left, polos on head, holding sceptre and raising hand. SNG Von Aulock 7061.
Volusian, AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 251-253. 10.47 gr. AY K BEIB GALLOC OYOLOCCIANOC, radiate head right / NIKAIEWN, 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.
Valerian I, AE24 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 253-260. POY LIK OYALERIANOC AYG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, Athena seated left on stool, holding Nike and spear, shield at her side. RecGen 794; Lindgren III 196; Weiser 186.
Valerian, AE25 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 256-260. POY LIK OYALERIANOC CEB, radiate, draped bust of Valerian left, right hand raised / NIKAIEWN, 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.
Valerian I, AE26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. POY LIK OYALERIANOC CEB, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, 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.
Valerian I, Gallienus and Valerian II, AE24, Nicaea, Bithynia. AVT-OVALERI-ANOC GALLIH-NOC OVALERIA-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 / MEGICTWN APICTWN above, NIKAIEWN below, Three prize urns, each with a palm branch. SNG Cop 537.
Valerian I, Gallienus and Valerian II, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. 253-255 AD. AVT-OVALERI-ANOC.GALLIH-NOC.OVALERIA-NOC.KAIC in 5 lines above, CEBB below, Radiate and draped bust of Valerian I right and radiate and draped bust of Gallienus left, vis-à-vis; Radiate and draped bust of Valerian II right between them / MEGICTWN APICTWN above, NIKAIEWN below, Three agonistic crowns with palms; center one contains two palms. SNG von Aulock 721; BMC 150.
Gallienus, AE23 of Nicaea, Bithynia. POY LI EG GALLIHN CEB, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, in quadriga of elephants left. SNG von Aulock 724; BMC 154; Rec Gen 836.
Gallienus AE of Nicaea, Bithynia. 7.18 g. POU LI EG GAL[LIHNOC C]EB, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NIKAIE[WN], 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.
Gallienus, AE 26 of Nicaea, Bithynia. POUB LIK EGN GALLHNOC AVG, radiate, draped bust right / AGWNEC IEROI, NIKAIE-WN (in ex.), three agonistic urns with palms on a base inscribed PUQIA. RecGen 853.
Valerian II, AE20 of Nicaea, Bithynia, 256-258 AD. 20.56mm - 4 gr. P L KOR OUALERIANOC K, Bare-headed, draped bust right / IPPARCOC NIKAIEWN, Hipparchus the astronomer seated left on cippus, globe on pedestal to left; countermark of a head left. SNG Von Aulock 7097.
Macrianus AE 23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust of Macrianus right / City-view of Nicaea surrounded by a octagonal wall with two gates.
