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Home > Bithynia > Nikaia Nikaia Nikaia (AD 41-48) AE 32 - Messalina1545 viewsMessalina, Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE32 (22.71g, 12h). C. Cadius Rufus, proconsul. Struck ca 47-48 AD. Draped bust left, hair in long plait / Façade of basilica: a two story tetrastyle central bay with two story wings flanking; inscribed entablature above. Fine, green and brown patina, rough. Extremely rare. Nikaia (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius770 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE22 (5.24g), struck ca 50 AD. Pasidienus Firmus, Proconsul. Bare head right / Legend and monogram. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Rare, only 7 specimens recorded by RPC. Nikaia (AD 41-54) AE 26 - Claudius383 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE26 (12.64g, 12h). C. Cadius Rufus, proconsul. Struck ca 47-48 AD. Laureate head left / Front view of building with garlanded upper story. Good VF, mottled green patina. Attractive and rare architectural type. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero361 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.64g). Bare head right / Altar inscribed PAT/RWN/OS in three lines. VF, green patina, rough. Geranio Coll. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero306 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.39g, 6h). Attius Laco, proconsul. Struck circa 54 AD. Bare head right / Garlanded altar inscibed with KA monogram. VF, green patina, a few cleaning marks. The monogram on the altar on this coin is quite clear, showing that it is composed of the letters KA. RPC only mentions that the altar is inscribed with a K. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 26 - Nero173 viewsNero, 54-68 AD, with Statilia Messalina. AE26 / Diassarion (12.70g, 6h). Circa 62-66 AD. NEPΩ N K ΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEP, radiate head right / [ME]ΣΣ[AΛ]EINA [Γ]YNH ΣEBAΣTOY, Statilia Messalina, as Securitas, seated right, holding scepter in her left hand and propping her right on head. Very rare. Attractive olive-green patina and unusually complete. Struck on a somewhat irregular flan, VF. The reverse legend translates as 'Messalina, wife of the Augustus', a very unusual titulature otherwise only known from coins of Claudius and Agrippina of Crete, and an issue struck by Agrippa I in honor of Caesonia, the wife of Caligula. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 28 - Nero361 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE28 / Dupondius (11.06g, 6h). Radiate head right; countermark: ΓAΛBA in incuse quadrate directly across face / Poppaea (as Securitas) seated right. VF, green patina. Very rare. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 28 - Nero219 viewsNero, with Statilia Messalina. 54-68 AD. AE28 (5.86g, 6h). Struck ca 66 AD. Laureate head of Nero right; countermark: GALBA within rectangular incuse / Statilia Messalina, as Securitas, seated right. Near VF, brown patina, surfaces a bit rough. Very rare. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 29 - Nero589 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. Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 20 - Vespasian865 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE20 (4.87g). Laureate head right / Panther seated left, with paws resting on cantharus. Good VF, dark brown patina. It was commonly thought in antiquity that panthers were fond of wine and that they could be captured by setting a bowl of it out and waiting until they had drunk to excess. Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 21 - Vespasian658 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE21 (6.85g). Laureate bust right / Panther seated left, paw on cantharus. Rare. VF. Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 24 - Titus249 viewsTitus, as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AE24 (7.08g, 12h). M. Salvidenas Asprenas, proconsul. Laureate head of Titus right / Cornucopia atop cista draped with panther skin. VF, green patina, some roughness. Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 29 - Vespasian544 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. Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 35 - Vespasian225 viewsVespasian. 69-79 AD. AE35 - Tetrassarion (25.55g, 7h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsul. Laureate head right / MAPKOΣ / ΠΛANKIOΣ / OYAPOΣ / ANΘYΠATOΣ in four lines within wreath. Good Fine, green patina, a few cleaning marks, rough spot on the reverse. Rare. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian312 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 - Assarion (5.37g, 12h). Lucius Antonius Naso, procurator. Struck 78 AD. Laureate head right / Winged caduceus. VF, dark brown patina, light roughness. Very rare. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian152 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (6.39g, 6h). AYT ΔOMITIANΩΣ KAIΣAP ΣEB ΓEP, laureate head right / TON KTIΣ NEIKAIEIΣ ΠΡΩT ΠON KAI B, Herakles standing, leaning on club and lion skin. Rare (four specimens cited in RPC), VF, dark green patina. Tricarico coll. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian264 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (6.47g, 6h). AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEB ΓEP, radiate head right / NIKAIEIΣ ΠΡΩTOI THΣ EΠAPXEIAΣ, Garlanded and lighted altar inscribed ΔΙΟΣ. Very rare, VF, brown patina. Tricarico coll. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian233 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (6.77g, 6h). AYT ΔOMITIANΩΣ KAIΣAP ΣEB ΓEP, radiate head right / TON KTIΣ NEIKAIEIΣ ΠΡΩT ΠON KAI B, Herakles standing, leaning on club and lion skin. Rare (four specimens cited in RPC), VF, green patina. Tricarico coll. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 25 - Domitian270 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE25 (8.64g, 6h). Laureate head right / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding wreath in right hand, parazonium in left. VF, green patina. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 26 - Domitian661 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE26 (8.54g). AVT ΔOMITIANOV KAICAP CEBA ΓEP, laureate bust right / TΩN KTICTH NEIKAIEIC ΠPΩTOI THC EΠAPX, laureate bearded head of Herakles left. Rare, VF, deep green patina. Hoeft coll. The metropolis of Bithynia was in fact Nicomedia, but Nicaea raises a claim upon that title as shown by a coin issued under Domitian with the legend "the Nikaians, the first of the eparchias." From this claim emerged a legal dispute which was finally decided by Valens - Nicaea and Nicomedia both were allowed to call themselves the first city of Bithynia, but only Nicomedia was the metropolis. But this vain title was useless: by the new arrangement of the provinces, Chalcedon became the metropolis of the anterior Pontus. It's known from a discourse from Dion of Prusa (who lived in the time of Domitian) in which he challenged the Nicomedians to hold peace with the Nicaeans. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 26 - Domitian249 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE26 (9.23g, 6h). AYT ΔOMITIANΩΣ KAIΣAP ΣEB ΓEP, laureate head right / ΡΟMΗN METPOΠOLIN NEIK ΠΡΟ T ΒΙΟ KAI Π, Roma seated, left, on cuirass holding wreath. Rare, VF, dark green patina. Tricarico coll. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 26 - Domitian167 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE26 (9.39,g 12h). AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEB ΓEP, laureate head right / NEIKAIEIΣ ΠPΩTOI THΣ EΠAPXEIAΣ, big altar. Extremely rare (first specimen recorded). VF, dark patina with earthen highlights. Tricarico coll. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 27 - Domitian291 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE27 (13.19g). AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEB ΓEP, laureate head right / NEIKAIEIΣ ΠPΩTOI THΣ EΠAΡXEIAΣ, Demeter standing left with grain ears, poppy and sceptre. VF. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 28 - Domitian257 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE28 (12.9g). AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEB ΓEP, laureate head right / TON KTIΣ NIKAEIΣ ΠPΩTOI PONT KAI BIΘ, Dionysos standing left on elephant's head, holding thrysos and kantharos. VF. Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 36 - Domitian248 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE36 (23.96g, 5h). AYT ΔOMITIANΩΣ KAIΣAP ΣEB ΓEP, laureate head right / NKA ПP (in monograms, across field); Ares walking right, with trophy and spear. Rare, VF, green patina. Ex Righetti coll., Tricarico coll. Nikaia (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Trajan539 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE19 (5.11g, 6h). Laureate head right / Altar. Near VF, brown patina, minor porosity. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 18 - Antoninus Pius235 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE18 (3.97g). ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩNΙΝOC, laureate head right / ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Harpocrates standing left, holding cornucopia and raising finger to lips. Rare. VF. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 18 - Antoninus Pius265 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE18 (4.24g). Bare head right / ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, decorated altar entwined by serpent, head, right. Attractive green patina. aEF. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius227 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE19 (4.81g). Bare-headed bust right / ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Apis-bull standing, right; head surmounted by crescent. Attractive dark patina. VF/gVF. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 23 - Antoninus Pius607 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. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 28 - Antoninus Pius273 viewsAntoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, 138-161 AD. AE28 (15.54g, 6h). Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius right, slight drapery / Marcus Aurelius on horse rearing right, holding spear. Good Fine, brown patina, corroded surfaces. Extremely rare - only this and the RG specimen are apparently known, this being the finer of the two. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 29 - Antoninus Pius667 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE29 (12.73g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TON/KTICTHN in two lines across fields, NIKAIEIC in exergue, Statue of Dionysus seated left, resting hand on panther standing to left behind him and holding thyrsus, set on car drawn by two elephants. VF, black patina, minor roughness. Rare. Ex Malter 81 (9/2002), lot 417 (expertly conserved since). Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 41 - Antoninus Pius889 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE41 - Medallion (54.07g, 7h). AVTO KAI TI AI AΔPI ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CΩTHPI ACKLH ΠIΩ NIKAIEIC, half-length bust of Asclepius left, partially draped; serpent beside right shoulder. Good VF, magnificent apple green patina, slightly worn at high points, but generally smooth and glossy. A huge second century medallic bronze. Ex Drewry Coll. Nikaia (AD 139-161) AE 16 - Marcus Aurelius250 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE16 (3.58g). Bare head right / Serpent emerging from cista with lid ajar. VF, glossy green patina, light smoothing on reverse. Nikaia (AD 161-169) AE 23 - Lucius Verus372 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE23 - Diassarion (8.54g, 7h). Bare head right / NIKA I ЄΩN, Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and palm frond. Good VF, brown and green surfaces. From Group CEM. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE - Commodus564 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. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius 778 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (17.23g) AVT KAI M AVP ANTONIN TI CEI, laureate, draped bust right/ NEIK AIA Turreted bust of Nikaia right. Brown patina. EF. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Marcus Aurelius323 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-188 AD. AE27 (14.52g, 7h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Cult-statue of Tyche within hexastyle temple. Brown tone, VF. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 28 - Marcus Aurelius862 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE28 (15.63g). AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TON KTICTH NIKAIEIC, nude Heracles seen from behind, carrying off the Erymanthian boar; club by his side, star to right. VF, dark green patina, scratches. Rare representation of a Labor of Heracles. Apparently unpublished. The canonical representation of the fourth labor of Heracles, the capture of the Erymanthean Boar, in sculpture, painting, and coins shows the hero carrying his prize "piggy-back" over his shoulder, sometimes in the act of surprising Eurystheos with it, who hides in a pithos in fright. The present, apparently unpublished piece, has the hero, labeled "The Founder of the Nicaeans," carrying the beast in front of him. There seems to be only one numismatic parallel for this depiction: a medallion of Commodus (Gnecchi 34; Stoll 103), where Heracles is seen in a similar stance, but with the boar on a rock in front of him and the Nemean Lion behind. On this medallion the scene could be interpreted to show Heracles carrying the boar to the rock. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 29 - Domitia Lucilla670 viewsDomitia Lucilla, mother of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE29 (16.50g, 7h). ΔOMITI ΛOYKIΛΛAN NEIKAIEIC, draped bust of Domitia right, hair coiled on top of head / M AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP, Aurelius on horseback right, holding couched lance in right hand. VF, tan patina, corroded. Extremely rare, one of two known, the other in the BN. The specimen of this coin in Paris has been known since 1863, being the subject of some debate concerning its authenticity. This second specimen is from the same dies and seems to confirm the reading in Cohen. Domitia's husband, Annius Verus died shortly after the birth of their son in 121 AD, but her family wealth and close connections to the imperial court insured that the youth came to the attention of the emperor Hadrian, who in 138 AD advised Antoninus Pius to adopt him. This coin was probably struck shortly after the accession of Antoninius Pius, and marks the noble family lineage of the new heir apparent of the Roman empire. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius347 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE29 (16.03g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Nike, holding palm, driving biga right. Good VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing. Scarce. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius218 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE29 / Tetrassarion (16.27g, 1h). Circa 161-162 (?). AY K M AYP ANTΩNINOC CЄ, bare-headed and draped bust to left / NIKAIЄωN, Herakles, wearing lion's skin, advancing right, carrying Erymanthian Boar over his left shoulder. Extremely rare. Green patina, gVF. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 37 - Marcus Aurelius270 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE37 (25.57g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed half-length bust right / Pan standing left, holding [branch] and wine skin; small ithyphallic herm to right. Fine, brown patina, traces of gilding on the obverse, some smoothing on reverse. Very rare. Nikaia (AD 166-177) AE 12 - Commodus263 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE12 (3.63g, 7h). Struck ca 175 AD. Bareheaded and draped bust right / NIKA-IЄωN, serpent coiled left, with beard. VF, green patina, some roughness. Extremely rare. Nikaia (AD 166-177) AE 27 - Commodus271 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE27 (16.31g). Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜ−ΟΔΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, bare headed bust right. ΝΙΚΑΙЄ−ΩΝ, Herakles dragging Kerberos to left, behind, club. Unpublished? Very rare. Dark green patina, GVF/ VF. Nikaia (AD 166-177) AE 27 - Commodus260 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE27 (14.50g). Draped and cuirassed bust right/ Athena with scepter feeding snake in tree. Smal flan crack. Very rare. F/VF. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 16 - Commodus288 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE16 (2.30g). ΑΥ ΚΜ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟC, head right / ΝΙΚΑΙ-ΕΩΝ, head of Alexander the Great. Dark green glossy patina, GVF. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 17 - Commodus274 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE17 (3.71g). AV.Λ.KOMOΔOC - ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / ΘHCЄ - A - NIKAIЄIC, unbearded head of Theseus right, clad in lion's skin knotted under chin. Rare, about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 21 - Commodus267 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE21 (5.5g). Α Κ Μ Α ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ, laureate head right / ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ / ΚΟΜΟΔΕΙΑ (inside temple), temple with ornamental decoration. VF. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 21 - Commodus245 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE21 (4.67g). Μ ΑΥ ΚOΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝOC, laureate bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, turreted Tyche seated on rocks, left, holding ears of corn, resting foot on swimming river-god. Very Rare. aEF. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus363 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 (5.71g, 6h). Bare-headed bust right / Oenochoe; palm to left. VF, dark green patina. Struck on a very large flan for dies. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 24 - Commodus210 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE24 (7.93g, 8h). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Homer seated left, holding scroll, resting arm on seat. Fine, green patina. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 24 - Commodus214 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE24 (9.05 g, 7h). A K M AV KO ANTΩ[NINOC], bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [OMH]POC N-IKA-IЄΩN, Homer seated right on curule chair, holding scroll. Near VF, brown patina. Extremely rare, and apparently an unpublished variety. Spradling Coll. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus265 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (11.0g). A K M AV KOM ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera. VF. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus242 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (13.25g). AΥ M AΥ KOM ANTΩNINOC, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, emperor on horseback preparing to spear lion below. Rare. Dark green patina, VF. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 28 - Commodus275 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE28 (12.33g, 1h). A K MAV KO-ANTΩNIN, laureate head right / KOMO/ΔOY BACI/ΛЄYONTOC / O KOCMOC / ЄYTYXЄI / NIKAIЄ/ΩN within wreath. Very rare. Well centered. Good middle green patina. gVF. Ex Sternberg 7, Zürich 24-25 (11/1977), lot 682. Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 29 - Commodus274 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE29 (17.92g, 6h). Laureate head right / Table carrying two prize urns, each with a single palm branch; KOMO/ΔЄIA below. Good VF, rough green patina, smoothed in areas. Rare. Nikaia (AD 180-192) AE 28 - Commodus659 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE28 (10.71g, 1h). Bust right / Three athletes drawing competition lots from an urn. Rare. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 16 - Septimius Severus342 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE16 (1.80g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak. Good VF, glossy green patina, some very minor smoothing. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 14 - Septimius Severus429 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE14 (2.08g). Bare head right / Bull (Apis) standing right. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Julia Domna540 viewsJulia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE15. Bust right / Urn containing palm branch. VF+. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Septimius Severus407 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE15 (2.53g, 1h). Laureate head right / Bull standing right. VF, dark green patina. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Septimius Severus413 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE15 (3.00g). CЄΥΗΡ[ΟC] ΑΥΓΟΥCΤΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙEΩΝ, tetrastyle temple. Gorny & Mosch 115 (2002), 1362. Rare. Dark green patina, extremely fine. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Septimius Severus308 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE16 (2.80g, 6h). Laureate head right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, black patina. Ex Righetti Coll., 8661. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Septimius Severus370 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE15 (1.50g). CEΠTIMI - OC AVΓO, bust, cuirassed, laureate, right / NIKAI-EΩN, snake erecting in two coils to left. About VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. There are several small coins with this rev. It is difficult to attribute them correctly. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Septimius Severus231 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE15 (2.03g). CЄOYHPOC AYΓOCT, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, tetrastyle temple. EF. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Septimius Severus241 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE15 (1.90g). CЄOYHPOC AYΓOYC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Amphora with two grain ears. GVF. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Septimius Severus217 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE15 - Chalkous (3.67g, 12h). Laureate head right / Lighted and garlanded altar. VF, brown patina. Extremely rare. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 16 - Septimius Severus322 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE16 (2.86g, 12h). Laureate head right / Demeter standing left, holding long torch and grain ears(?). Near VF, brown surfaces. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 17 - Septimius Severus221 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE17 (2.31g, 1h). Laureate head right / Serpent emerging from cista with open lid. VF, black-green patina. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 27 - Septimius Severus317 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE27 (11.03g, 7h). Laureate head right / Zeus standing left, holding phiale and scepter. Near VF, golden tan and brown patina, a few light scratches. Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Septimius Severus284 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE29 (11.89g, 1h). Laureate head right / Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; shield at side. VF, green patina, thin edge crack at 5 o’clock. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 15 - Julia Domna284 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE15 (1.56g, 6h). Draped bust right / Bull standing right. Good VF, green patina, minor roughness. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 15 - Julia Domna209 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE15 (2.47g). Draped bust right / Flaming altar. Dark green patina, gVF. Franke coll. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 23 - Julia Domna376 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE23 (6.59g, 8h). Draped bust left / Aquilla between two signa. Good Fine, green patina, some porosity. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 25 - Julia Domna414 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AE25 (7.73g). Draped bust of Julia Domna right / Athena standing left holding shield and spear. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 25 - Julia Domna267 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE25 (7.20g). ΙΟΥΛ...ΝΑ CЄΒ, draped bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙ-ЄΩΝ, Nike to left with wreath and palm branch. Rare. Nice dark green patina, VF. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 27 - Julia Domna257 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE27 (12.72g). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥCΤΑ, draped buste right / Ν Ι ΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Herakles standing, nude, raising club far over his shoulder, about to beat to death the Hydra. Rare. Nice green patina, VF. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 28 - Julia Domna286 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE28 (14.77g, 12h). Draped bust right; c/m: Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm, within oval incuse / Legend in five lines within laurel wreath. Near EF, dark gray patina, some minor roughness. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 32 - Julia Domna395 viewsJulia Domna. Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE32 (23.11g, 1h). Draped bust right; c/m: uncertain, perhaps Nike / Caracalla and Geta standing facing one another, clasping hands over prize urn resting on table. Near VF, heavy green patina, earthen deposits. Ex Wagner Coll. Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 32 - Julia Domna396 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE32 (23.36g). Struck 208/209 AD. IVΛIA CЄBACTH, draped bust right; c/m: Nike standing right holding wreath / A[ΓO]NOΘЄCIA, NIKAIEΩN in exergue, athlete seated left, holding prize crown in right hand, long palm in left; agonistic urn on ground before. Near VF, dark brown patina. In 208/209 AD, the city of Nicaea celebrated the Philadelphian games to honor the fraternity of Caracalla and Geta. Numerous agonistic types are known, usually with the legend CEOVHPEIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA. This coin shares it's obverse die with a games coin which features on the reverse the busts of both Caracalla and Geta (RG 397). According to Head (Historia Numorum), the title Agonothesia refers to "The office of an Agonothetes" and is known on coins from Thessalonica and Gordus Julia. Jones (A Dictionary of Ancient Greek Coins) defines Agonothesia as "The holding of a contest, the chief organizer being known as the agonothetes. The reverse type is similar to the coin of Septimius in RG, pl. lxxvi 15 except that coin has the normal games legend for Nicaea at this time, CEOVHPEIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA and the athlete doesn't appear to be holding the palm branch. Nikaia (AD 196-198) AE 27 - Caracalla243 viewsCaracalla, as Caesar, 196-198 AD. AE27 (12.02g). M AVP ANTONINOC KAI, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, diademed and draped bust of city goddess, wearing mural crown. VF. Nikaia (AD 197-211) AE 28 - Caracalla395 viewsCaracalla, as Caesar, 197-211 AD. AE28 (11.72g). Μ ΑΥΡ [...] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, draped bust right, countermark: Nike / ΝΙ ΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Zeus enthroned left. Dark green patina. Very fine. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 14 - Geta270 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE14 (1.72g). Bare head right / NIKA-IЄΩN, ornate prize crown with palm branch. Franke coll. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 15 - Geta388 viewsGeta, 198-209 AD. AE15 (2.31g). GETAC - KAICAR, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / NIK-AIEΩN, Nike, in short chiton over long chiton, advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and long palm (or trophy?) over left shoulder. F+/about VF, black-green patina. Hoeft coll. Nike here wears a so-called lampadion as hair-do, often seen on the gold staters of Alexander III. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 15 - Geta303 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE16 (3.00g, 12h). Bare head right / NIKA-IЄΩN, Telesphoros standing facing. Rare. Olive green patina, good very fine. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 16 - Geta350 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE15 (2.28g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NIKAIEΩN, elephant standing right. VF, dark brown patina, some cleaning scratches revealing bare metal. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 16 - Geta278 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE16 (2.85g, 6h). Bare head right / Athena standing left, holding shield set on ground and spear. VF, dark brown patina. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 16 - Geta274 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE16 (3.00g, 12h). Bare head right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Good VF, black patina. Ex Righetti Coll., 8668. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 16 - Geta129 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE16 (2.90g, 1h). Λ CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAIEΩN, Nemesis standing left. VF, dark green surfaces. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 18 - Geta301 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE18 (3.86g, 6h). Bare head right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, dark brown patina. Ex Righetti Coll., 8671. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 18 - Geta233 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE18 (3.11g, 1h). Bare head right / Eros standing left, leaning on upside down torch set on low cippus. Near EF, greenish-brown patina. Well struck and well centered on a broad flan. Nikaia (AD 198-209) AE 34 - Geta407 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD AE34 (26.05g). Π CЄΠΤΙΜΙΟC ΓЄΤΑC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, draped bust right / CЄΟΥΗΡЄΙΑ ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦΙΑ / ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Geta and Caracalla as Togati clasping hands over altar. Nice green patina, very fine. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 14 - Caracalla236 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE14 (2.10g). M AΥΡ ANTΩNINOC AΥΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, tetrastyle temple, pellet on pediment. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 14 - Caracalla247 viewsCaracalla, 197-217 AD. AE14 (2.11g). ANTΩNЄINOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, bull standing right. VF. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla230 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE15 (1.54g, 1h). Laureate head right / Serpent emerging from cista with open lid. Good VF, dark green patina. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla209 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE15 (2.12g). Laureate head right / Ornate prize crown with one palm. Dark green patina, EF. Franke coll. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla225 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE15 (2.05g). Laureate head right / Head of Herakles right. Dark green patina, EF. Franke coll. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla251 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE15 (2.26g). ANTΩNINOC AΥΓOΥC, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN CEOΥHΡEIA, ornate prize crown with one palm. Rare. Dark green patina, gVF. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 16 - Caracalla248 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE16 (3.14g). Bare head right / NIKA-IЄΩN, Telesphoros standing facing. Dark brown patina. Very fine. 240 coins on 3 page(s) 1 2 3