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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 34 - Hadrian624 viewsKoinon of Bithynia. Nikomedeia(?) mint. Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE34 (25.94g, 6h). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple façade set on podium of three steps, pellet in field between central columns; in pediment, ornate entablature consisting of metopes, each with central pellet; above, male figure standing facing, holding patera over lighted altar and holding scepter, pellet to left and right; aphlasta as acroteria. VF, dark green and brown patina, some minor cleaning marks. Well centered and struck. Ex Sierra Coll.
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Kios (BC 300-200) AE 19620 views3rd century BC. AE19 (5.73g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Club and bow in bow-case; ΔΙ. VF, green patina, a little rough. Ex Drewry Coll.; Colosseum Coin 30 (1/1988), lot 23.
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Tion (AD 81-96) AE 33 - Domitian618 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE33 (26.00g). Laureate head right / ZΕΥΣ ΣΥΡΓΑΣΤΗΣ ΤΕΙΑÎΩÎ, Zeus Syrgastes standing left, holding patera and sceptre; eagle(?) left at feet. Near VF, tan-brown patina. Extremely rare - according to RPC one of only three known, the other two in museums (British Museum and Staatliche Museen, Berlin). Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus618 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (8.77g). Draped and laureate bust right / ΗΡΑΚΛΗ − ACÎEΩΚΟΡΩ, Price-crown with two palm branches on table. Rare, nice very fine.
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Drachm618 viewsca 387/6-340 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.75g). Bull standing left on grain ear; caduceus and A before / Stippled quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, nice metal.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus617 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (6.40g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Two prize urns with palms in each. A nice bronze with great detail and nice green patina.
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Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian617 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. Half Assarion(?) (7.64g, 22mm, 6h). Laureate head right / Serpent entwined around branch. Good VF, beautiful green patina. Extremely rare. Three of the known specimens of this type are in public collections – two in the Ashmolean; the RG specimen in Athens. The fourth cited specimen, which appeared in a 1928 Cahn sale had no weight given, and was not illustrated.
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Nikomedeia (AD 217-218) AE 28 - Macrinus606 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE28 (13.81g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔIC NЄΩKO / PΩN NЄI / KOMH / ΔЄON, within a laurel-wreath. See aVF with a nice portrait and a pleasing dark green patina.
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Tion (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian602 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (7.45g). AVT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAP CEBA ΓEPM, laureate head right / ZEVΣ ΣVPΓAΣTHΣ - TEIANΩN, Zeus Syrgastes in himation, standing left, holding phiale in extended right hand and knotted scepter in raised left hand; eagle (?) to left before him. Extremely rare, VF, red-brown patina. Hoeft coll.
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Prusias ad Hypium (AD 197-212) AE - Geta600 viewsGeta, 197-212 AD. AE (9.48g). 198/209 AD. Bare head right, countermark: head of emperor / Eagle on platform in between two military ensigns.
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Nikomedeia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla600 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (14.56g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Naked male figure (the Emperor?), wearing wreath, holding spear and sword in sheath. Good very fine.
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Iuliopolis (AD 193-211) AE 26 - Septimius Severus599 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE26 (11.28g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding uncertain object and scepter. VF, brown patina. Wagner Coll.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol?599 views4th century BC. AR Obol (12mm, 1.12g, 9h). Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Club. VF, toned, light porosity.
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Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 23 - Antoninus Pius596 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE23 (8.38g). Bare head right / Athena standing left, holding owl and spear. VF, brown surfaces, a little rough. Wagner Coll.
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/2 Siglos596 viewsca 387-340 BC. AR Triobol (2.27g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛ above / Mill sail incuse. VF. Rare denomination.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 98-117) AE 18 - Trajan595 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE18 (4.17g). Laureate head right / Turreted female advancing right, holding lance and shield. VF, brown patina. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Apameia (AD 98-117) AE 22 -Trajan595 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE22 (4.85g, 6h). Laureate head right / Soldier standing left on trireme, raising right hand, placing left on hilt of sword. VF, attractive reddish-brown patina.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Bakheus594 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.53g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right, K[IA] below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΒΑΚ-ΧΕΥΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 198-217) AE 25587 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (6.38g). AVT KM AVP AN - TΩNINOC CEB, laureate bust right / ΠPO-VCAEΩ-N, nude Telamonian Aias, helmeted, kneeling on right knee facing left; left leg extending behind; right hand holding drawn sword given him by Hektor, point pressed to belly in the moment prior to hurling himself upon it. Pile of rocks before, and circular shield below him. Very rare. Ancient gouge on Aias' body, otherwise VF, old nice patina. Hoeft coll.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 217-218) AE 22 - Diadumenian586 viewsDiadumenian, as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE22 (4.96g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Phosphorus advancing right, holding two torches. Fine, brown and green patina, minor roughness.
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Prusias ad Hypium (AD 235-238) AE 31 - Maximus 586 viewsMaximus, son Of Maximinus I & Paulina, 235-238 AD. AE31 (19.52g). Laureate, draped head right; countermark: laureate, draped head right / Bust of hero Kieros (or founder) right. Good Very Fine.
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Iuliopolis (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla582 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (12.54g). Bust right / Bust right wearing Phrygian cap. aEF.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 219-220) AE 30 - Julia Paula580 viewsJulia Paula, 219-220 AD. AE30 (12.19g). ΙΟΥ ΚΟΠΠΑΥΛΑ ΣΕΒ, draped bust right / ΒΙΘΥÎΙΕΩΠΑΔΡΙΑÎΩΠoctastyle temple with statue of emperor with lance and parazonium. Dark green patina, VF.
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Bithynia Uncertain (BC 27-AD 14) AE 31 – Augustus & Livia580 viewsAugustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), 27 BC-14 AD. AE31 (17.22g, 12h). M. Granius Marcellus, proconsul of Bithynia. Struck circa July or August 14 AD. Conjoined draped busts of Augustus and Julia Augusta (Livia) left / Julia Augusta (Livia) seated right, holding two cornucopias. VF, dark green patina. Excellent portrait coin. Extremely rare and possibly the finest known. Ex Group CEM.
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Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 29 - Nero579 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE29 (16.39g, 12h). M. Tarquitius Priscus, proconsularis. Struck circa AD 59-61. Laureate head left / Capricorn left, set on globe, and cornucopia set wreath; all set on cista covered by panther hide and inscribed NEIK/AIE; thyrsus behind. VF, green patina with earthen overtones, light scratch in left field of obverse. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 225-227) AE 21 - Orbiana573 viewsOrbiana, Augusta, 225-227 AD. AE21 (4.30g). Draped bust right / ΠΡΟCΑ-ΕΩÎ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF. Drewry Coll.
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Prusias ad Hypium (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus571 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (13.45g). Laureate head right / Nike driving galloping biga right. Fine, brown surfaces, porosity. Apparently unpublished.
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Kalchedon (BC 450-400) Drachm570 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (4.52g). Bearded head of the seer Kalchas left / Wheel of four spokes, K-A-Λ-X in the spaces; all within shallow circular incuse. Ex Hirsch 174 (1992), lot 233.
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Drachm568 viewsca 387/6-340 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.80g). Bull standing left above grain ear, ΚΑΛΧ above, caduceus and ΔA monogram to left / Quadripartite, granulated incuse square. Toned, EF.
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Nikomedeia (AD 161-180) AE 25 - Marcus Aurelius563 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE25 (11.06g). Laureate bust right / Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right. Ex Pete Burbules Akropolis.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 98-117) AE 33 - Trajan559 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE33 (23.54g). Laureate head right / Zeus enthroned right, holding Nike on globe and scepter. Good VF, rough green patina.
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Kios (BC 350-300) 1/4 Drachm - Proxenos555 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR 1/4 Drachm (1.31g). Proxenos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ΠΡΟΞ/ΕÎΟΣ above and below. aVF, porosity. Rare denomination.
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Nikaia (AD 222-234) AE 21 - Severus Alexander554 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-234 AD. AE23 (g, 6h). M AVΡ ΣΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑÎΔΡOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ÎΙΚΑΙΕΩÎ, unrecorded type, possibly Serapis, holding sceptre, towering above the walls of Nicaea, but may be a diety of the city inside a shrine or temple, since there is no doorway on the wall.
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Nikaia (AD 217-218) AE 27 - Macrinus554 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE27 (12.63g). Laureate bust right / Herakles holding a small Eros and club reclines left on a lion walking right. Nearly VF.
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Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE - Commodus554 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 173-177 AD. AE - 2 Assaria (11.78 g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Triptolemos biga drawn by snakes r. Unpublished. Brown patina. Very fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I553 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE28 (11.90g). M IOVΛIOC. ΦIΛIΠΠOC AVΓ, draped, cuirassed and radiate bust right / NIKOMHΔEΩN - ΔIC NEΩKOP, nude statue of Herakles standing facing on a small girlanded cippus, head right, holding lionskin in left arm and resting with right hand on his club. Rare. F+/about VF, green patina. Hoeft coll.
The special feature of this rev. depiction is that Herakles is shown standing as a real statue on a base. You can see that the club has the function to stabilize the statue.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE22 - Gallienus552 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (7.57g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aerial view of Nicaea surrounded by a octagonal wall with two gates. VF, dark green-brown patina.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 69-79) AE 34 - Vespasian549 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Vespasian, 69-79 AD. M. Salvidenus Asprenas, Proconsul. AE34 (24.66g), struck 71-79 AD. Laureate head right / Bithynia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae. VF, black and tan surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex CNG 53 (3/2000), lot 1075.
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Prusias ad Hypium (AD 97-117) AE - Trajan545 viewsTrajan, 97-117 n. Chr. AE (6.14g). ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ CΕ, laureate head right / Altar in between П-P. Very rare. Green patina, obverse countermark, very fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 34 - Septimius Severus545 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE34 (23.88g, 6h). Radiate head right / Octastyle temple. VF, light brown patina, light roughness. Wagner Coll.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 219-220) AE 27 - Julia Paula545 viewsJulia Paula, 219-220 AD. AE27 (9.79g). IOV KOP ΠAUΛA CEB, draped bust left / BIΘVNIEΩN AΔPIANΩN, Aphrodite riding Hippocampus left, flanked by two winged Erotes, holding velum. Rare. Black patina. F.
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/2 Siglos545 views4th century BC. AR Triobol (2.58g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛX above, flower (?) in front / Mill sail incuse. VF.
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Prusias ad Hypium (AD 235-238) AE 23 - Maximinus I543 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE23 (6.53g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: laureate and bearded bust right / Herakles standing right, leaning on club. Fine, brown patina. From the Ian Roper Collection.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 79-81) AE 29 - Titus541 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE29 (13.96 gm, 6h). AYTOKPA TITOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣ YIOΣ; laureate head of Titus to right / EΠI M MAIKIOY POYΦOY ANΘYΠATOY (in the proconsulship of M. Maecus Rufus); palm tree, on left cuirass, two spears, and helmet; on right two spears and shield. Good Very Fine. Ex Shoshana Coll.
This provincial Roman coin, attributed to the Koinon of Bithynia, is clearly related to the Jewish War. RPC II p. 97 notes that this coin has "...significance beyond Bithynia: the palm tree with obverse of Titus is a clear allusion to Titus' participation in the defeat of Judaea...â€
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Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 29 - Vespasian538 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE29 (17.16g, 6h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsularis. Struck ca 70-71 AD. Laureate head right / Draped bust of Dionysus left, wearing ivy wreath. VF, green and brown patina, light overall roughness. Ex Wagner Coll.; ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 1 (4/1983), lot 305; Muenzen und Medaillen 41 (6/1970), lot 353.
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Nikomedeia (AD 222-235) AE 19538 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235. AE19 (4.98g). M AVP ALEΞANΔPOC AVΓ, draped and radiate bust right / NIKOMHΔ - EΩN ΔIC NEO / KOPΩN, Leda, with wreath, half dressed, with raised right hand, standing frontal, head turned right to a swan, standing with opened wings left, and pulling her garment with beak, which she holds tight. Very rare (3 ex. known). EF, nice deep-green patina (this the most beautiful spec.!) Hoeft coll.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Drachm537 viewsca mid-4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.87g, 14mm, 1h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; club below / Head of Hera left, wearing ornamented stephanos; Θ to left; all within shallow incuse circle. Good VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitian as Caesar535 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Domitian, Caesar, 81-96 AD. AE21. Laureate head of Domitian right / Shield and spear. VF. Rare; 3 recorded (2 in museums). Jewish War commemorative.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 364-352) Obol529 viewsca 364-352 BC. AR Obol (0.74g, 11mm). Head of young Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Trophy with shield and spear left, K to left, bow in case to right. VF. Rare.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 380-360) Stater529 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Stater (6.84g). Head of Herakles facing, slightly inclined to right, wearing a lion’s skin headdress tied at his neck / Nike crouching to left on a club, raising her right hand to inscribe the legend [HP]AKΛEIA. Some light porosity, of wonderful classical style, toned, gVF and extremely rare. Prospero coll.; purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London (3/1987) US $10,000.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus528 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (9.13g).
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Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Julia Domna528 viewsJulia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE15. Bust right / Urn containing palm branch. VF+.
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Nikaia (AD 249-251) AE 16 - Trajan Decius527 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE16 (3.20g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Three military standards. Very fine.
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Kalchedon (AD 98-177) AE 25 - Trajan527 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE25 (7.78g). AV K NEP TPAIANOC KAI CEB ΠA, laureate head of Traian right; countermark. / KAΛXAΔONEΩN, Apollo with lyra on flying swan.
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Nikaia (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Trajan525 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE19 (5.11g, 6h). Laureate head right / Altar. Near VF, brown patina, minor porosity.
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Nikomedeia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 26 - Augustus523 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE26 (6.48g, 11h). Thoriius Flaccus, proconsul. Circa 25 BC. Bare head right / Eirene standing left, holding kerykeion; monogram to inner right, monogram or letter to outer right. Near VF, olive-green patina. Righetti Coll., 6801; Ex Hirsch 95 (12/1975), lot 224.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 177-192) AE 22 - Commodus518 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE22 (6.6g). Laureate head right. / Hexastyle temple, ΠΡ ΟΥ CAЄΩΠacross field and in exergue.
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Iuliopolis (AD 98-117) AE 33 - Trajan516 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE33 (24.99g, 7h). AVT NЄPOVAΣ TPAIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBA ΓEPM, laureate head right / Ares advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder; partly monogrammatic ethnic flanking. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM.
For similar Bithynian coins under Domitian, see RPC II 632, 653, and 671, which copy Latin legend “Mars†sestertii struck AD 80-82 at an uncertain mint either in Thrace or Bithynia (for discussion of the mints see: A. Burnett, “Regional coinage in Thrace and Bithynia during the Flavian period,†Travaux Le Rider pp. 95-101; Herbert Cahn, “An Imperial mint in Bithynia,†INJ 8 (1984/5), pp. 14-26). In place of the “S C†across the reverse field, however, one finds civic monograms in two parts for Nicaea (“NKA - ΠΡ†), Nicomedia (“NKO - ΠΡâ€), and Prusias ad Hypium (“ΠΡ - YÎ â€). No such Domitianic “sestertii†survive from Juliopolis, but the current coin and the obverse die-linked von Aulock specimen (which interestingly transforms Pax of the sestertii into Homonoia) demonstrate a continued interest in appropriating Imperial types for local coinage in Bithynia.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 300-100) AE 11 514 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE11 (1.12 g). Head of young Herakles in lion’s skin right / HPAKΛE/ ΩTAN, forepart of leaping lion right. Good very fine.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 98-117) AE 27 - Trajan514 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE27 (21.01g, 12h), struck ca 115-116 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / Hercules advancing right, head left, holding club over his shoulder and rope tied to seated Cerberus. Unpublished. Fair, brown patina with green overtones. Rare. Ex Cain Coll.
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/2 Siglos514 viewsend of 5th century BC. AR Triobol (2.34g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛ above / Mill sail incuse. VF.
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Prusa ad Oylmpum (AD 238-244) AE 28 - Tranquillina513 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE28 (11.27g). CABЄINIA TPANKYΛΛЄINA AV, draped and diademed bust right / ΠPOYCAEΩN, Muse (?) enthroned to left. Very fine.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 81-96) AE 26 – Domitian513 views(Nikaia?) Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE26 (12.82g, 7h). Laureate head right / Nike advancing left, holding shield and palm. Near VF, greenish-brown patina, a few breaks in the patina around the edge. Extremely rare - only a single specimen cited by RPC, this possibly being the second known. Tricarico coll.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 225-227) AE 22 - Orbiana512 viewsOrbiana, Augusta, 225-227 AD. AE22 (3.74g, 12h). Draped bust right / Demeter standing left, holding patera and long torch. Good VF, green patina.
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Kios (AD 209-212) AE 24506 viewsGeta (as Augustus), 209-212 AD. AE24 (7.42g). AVT.KΠ.CE - ΓETAC AV, cuirassed, laureate bust right / K-IA-NΩ-N, Youthful Hylas, waving clothes around hips, advancing right, drinking from a jug which he holds in his right hand. Very rare, F+, deep brown patina. Hoeft coll.
Hylas was a beautiful young boy, the 'catamite' of Herakles, abducted by Nymphs near Kios.
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Nikomedeia (AD 251-253) AE 23 - Trebonianus Gallus503 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE23 (6.34g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Gallus on horseback right, holding lance. VF, dark brown patina with some green.
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Nikomedeia (AD 211-217) AE 30 - Caracalla503 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE30 (13.78g). ANTΩNЄINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / NIKOMHΔЄΩN ΔIC NЄΩKOPΩN, Demeter with torch sacrificing over altar. Nice dark green patina, VF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla501 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (8.20g, 1h). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple set on three-tiered base; • in pediment. VF, green patina, minor pitting on obverse. Rare. Ex Poncin Coll.
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/4 Siglos501 viewsca 340-320 BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (12mm, 1.24g). Bull standing left on grain ear, KA above / Four-part incuse punch of mill sail pattern. Toned VF.
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Nikomedeia (AD 222-235) AE 20500 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 (4.26g). M AVPH ALEΞANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TPIC NEΩKOPΩN NIKOMEDEΩN, Astakos, nude to hips, standing right, head left, right foot on row, holding scepter in left arm and pointing with left hand backwards. VF, black-green patina. Hoeft coll.
Astakos was one of the ktistes of Astakos, ancestor of Nikomedia. He was worshipped until Roman times. The city of Astakos was founded by Colonists of Megara and later destroyed by Lysimachos. Nikomedes I. founded 264/3 a new city some miles north of the old Astakos and named it Neikomedia.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 193) AE 27 - Pertinax496 viewsPertinax, 193 AD. AE27 (12.37g, 1h). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple façade set on two-tiered base; globe in pediment. Good Fine, brown surfaces, light cleaning scratches. Extremely rare.
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Kios (AD 128-137) AE 31 - Sabina486 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-136/7 AD. AE31 (20.23g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. VF, brown patina, minor scratches on obverse, deposits on reverse. Very rare and with a fine style portrait. Ex Marcel Burstein Coll.; Münzen & Medaillen AG FPL 325 (Jul 1971), no. 20.
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Iuliopolis (AD 197-211) AE 26 - Caracalla485 viewsCaracalla, 197-211 AD. AE26 (10.57g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠ- ΟΛEΙΤΩÎ, Tyche standing, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Rare. Good fine. Found by detectorist in Leiden, Netherlands!
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander485 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.31g). M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANDPOC AVΓ,
laureate head right / NI-K-A-I separated by three standards, outer standards topped with capricorn; EΩN in exergue. VF, medium brown patina, well-centered with a solid strike. Hoeft coll.
The capricorn standards likely represent Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix, the legion which had initially supported Septimius Severus in his bid for the purple. While rather distantly related to Septimius Severus through Julia Domna, though named after him, Alexander seems to have encouraged a rumor that he was in fact the illegitimate son of Caracalla and therefore the grandson of Septimius. This coin then suggests an interesting and subtle use of propaganda.
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Nikomedeia (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus483 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (25.27g, 2h). Laureate head right / Galley with six oarsmen left; above, two octastyle temple façades, each with pellet in pediment. VF, rough surfaces. Very rare.
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Iuliopolis (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus480 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (11.43g). Laureate, draped and laureate bust right / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΤΩÎ, Nemisis standing left, wheel at his feet. Green patina, very fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 177-192) AE 35 - Commodus478 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE35 - Medallion (25.98g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Quinquereme with four or five rowers left, banners at stern; above, two octostyle temple façades. Near EF, dark brown surfaces. Very rare. Group CEM.
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Iuliopolis (AD 244-249) AE 27 - Philip I476 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE27 (11.74g). M IOVIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVΛIOΠOΛЄITΩN, Mên standing facing, wearing Phrygian cap, crescent behind shoulder, holding spear and phiale. VF.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus474 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (6.38g). ΠΛ ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, laureate head of Gallienus right / HPAKΛEΩ[TAN M - ATPOΠOΛEITAN / ΠO - N - TΩ], Herakles standing facing, holding club, bow and lion´s skin.
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Kalchedon (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius 473 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE23 (6.49g). Bare head left; c/m: PKA monogram in incuse rectangle / Laureate and draped bust of Apollo right, lyre at shoulder. Good VF, dark brown patina. Poncin Coll.; Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10/2005), lot 1948.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla470 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (12.35g), struck as Augustus 211-217 AD. ANTΩNEINOC - AVΓOVCTOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right, seen from behind / NIKAIEΩ-N, Galley over waves left, 4 oarsmen sitting ahead, helmsman standing behind, standard at front, banner at stern; emperor sitting left, holding spear in left hand and patera in outstretched right hand, in front of him standing Tyche of Nikaia and presentinhg the young Dionysos to him, who raises his hands to him. Extremely rare. F, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.
The rev. belongs to a series of coins from Nikaia which shows the emperor in a galley where he is welcomed by the local deities of Nikaia (cf. Rec.Gen. 469f). A similar motive is found on a coin for Gordian III, where the City Tyche is presenting the young Dionysos to the sitting Roma (Rec.Gen. Pl. 84, 27).
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Kretia-Flaviopolis (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla468 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (11.03g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing right, head left, on garlanded altar; aquila to either side. Good VF, green patina. Rare.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Septimius Severus466 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE29 (13.26g). AV K Λ CЄΠCЄVHPOC ΠЄP, laureate head right / HPAKΛHAC ЄT ΠONTΩ, Omphale holding bow, leaning on club resting on bukranion. Very rare. Flan crack, VF.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 69-81) AE 18 - Domitian464 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Domitian, as Caesar, 69-81 AD. AE18 (3.63g). M. Salvidenus Asprenas, proconsul. Laureate head right / Legend. VF, brown patina, light roughness. Rare.
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Nikomedeia (AD 130) AE 21 - Antinoüs462 viewsAntinoüs, died AD 130. AE21 (5.60g, 6h). Bare head right / Bull standing right. VF, reddish-brown patina, smoothed with some tooling.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE - Elagabalus461 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE - Assarion (6.63g, 12h). Laureate head right / Hercules standing right, capturing Cretan Bull. VF, black-green patina. Ex Cain Coll.
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Nikomedeia (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II458 viewsValerian I, Gallienus and Valerian II, 253-260 AD. AE25 (9.79g). ΑΥΤ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑÎΟC / ΓΑΛΗÎΟC (sic) ΟΥΑ/ΛΕΡΙΑÎΟC / ΚΑΙCΑΡ / CΕ Î’Î’Î’, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian I right, seen from behind, and radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus left, seen from behind, vis-à -vis; between, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian II right, seen from behind / ÎΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΠ/ ΤΡΙC ÎΕΩΚ / ΟΡΩΠ/ Î, three price crowns with palm branches. Dark green patina, VF.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 69-79) AE 26 - Titus457 viewsKoinon of Bithynia. Titus, as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AE26 (10.19g). Under proconsul M. Salvidenus Asprenas. AYTOKPA TITOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣ YIOΣ, head laureate right, before oblong countermark with letters MHTB ligate / EΠI M [Σ]AΛ[OY]IΔIANOY AΣΠP[H]NA ANΘY, palm tree with seven branches; to left cuirass, helmet, and two spears; to right large round shield and two spears. VF. Ex Sneh Coll.; ex D. Markov, possibly ex Emporium 10, 1987, lot 56, which bears the same countermark according to RPC.
A rare Judaea Capta type on a provincial coin struck by a remote mint that was not directly affected by the war. The countermark, according to RPC, "may stand for μητÏοπολιc Βιθυνιαc, implying an attribution to Nicomedia".
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Kios (BC 350-300) 1/4 Drachm - Sosigenes452 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR 1/4 Drachm (10mm, 1.21g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΣΩΣΙ-ΓΕÎΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. gVF.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus451 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 (10.95g). ΠOV ΛIK ΓAΛΛHNOC CE, laureate head of Gallienus right / BVΘVNIEΩN AΔPIANΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter.
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Kretia-Flaviopolis (AD 193-217) AE 28 - Julia Domna451 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla and Geta, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE28 (11.91g). IOVΛIA AVΓOUCTA, head of Julia Domna right / KPHTIEΩN / ΦΛAOVIO / ΠO, temple in perspective; inside statue of Zeus seated left. Ex Burstein coll.
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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 27 - Trajan450 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE27 (11.47g). AVT NEP TRAIANOC - KAICAP CEB ΓEP, laureate bust right / ΔIONVCOC K - T - ICT TIANΩN, Dionysos, wearing himation, standing frontal, head left, holding in left hand filleted thyrsos decorated with pine-cones on both ends and in lowered right hand kantharos; on his left side panther standing left, looking up to him. About VF, nice green patina. Hoeft coll.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla450 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (12.94g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Caracalla, raising hand and holding scepter, enthroned left on quinquereme with four or five rowers visible, gubernator at stern; quinquereme decorated with signum at prow, vexillum inscribed VI/C at stern. Near EF, green patina. Extremely rare. From Group CEM.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus449 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (9.78g). ΠOV ΛIK ΓAΛΛHNOC CE, laureate head of Gallienus right / BVΘVNIEΩN AΔPIANΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter.
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Nikomedeia (AD 69-79) AE 23 - Vespasian449 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE23 (7.17g, 12h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsularis. Struck ca 70-71 AD. AYT KAIΣAPI ΣEBAΣTΩ OYEΣΠAΣIANΩ NεIKOMHΔE, Laureate head right / εΠΙ MARKOY ΠΛANKIOY OYAPOY ANΘIΠATOY, Head of Tyche right. VF, Dark green patina, Very rare (one specimen cited in RPC, in lower condition). Tricarico coll.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla447 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (14.36g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hercules standing right and holding club, breaking Horses of Diomedes. VF, green patina with traces of lighter green overtones, light overall roughness. Rare. Ex Cain Coll.
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Nikomedeia (AD 211-217) AE 30 - Caracalla447 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE30 (16.85g). ΑÎΤΩÎЄΙÎΟΣ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right / ÎΙΚΟΜΗΔЄΩΠΔΙΣ ÎЄΩΚΟΡΩÎ, emperor standing left in military uniform with patera and spear. Nice green patina. gVF.
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Nikomedeia (AD 202-211) AE 21446 viewsPlautilla, 202-211 AD. AE21 (3.17g). [NIB] ΦOV ΠΛAV - TIΛΛA CEB, draped bust right / NEIKOMHΔEΩ - N / ΔIC NEΩKO / PΩN, Skylla advancing left over waves, holding rudder over her shoulder and dolphin in outstretched right hand. Extremely rare. Good F, green patina. Hoeft coll.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 209–212) AE 34 - Geta445 viewsGeta, 209–212 AD. AE34 (17.98g). AYT K ΠCEΠT ΓE-TAC AYΓOY, laureate head of Geta right / ΠΡ0VC-AEΩN, Minerva standing left, holding spear and shield. Brown-red patina. Minor smoothing in fields. Very fine.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 222-235) AE 32 - Severus Alexander444 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE32 (14.13g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed half-length bust left, raising hand in salute and holding scepter over shoulder / Octastyle temple of Hadrian with shield in pediment. Near VF, brown patina. Rare.
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