Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 22 - Caracalla375 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE22 (5.63g, 6h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Aquila between two signa. Good VF, dark green patina.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 22 - Caracalla195 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE22 (6.22g). Laureate head right / Serapis with scepter, before, burning altar. Minor cleaning scratches. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla370 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.28g, 6h). Laureate head right / Athena standing left, sacrificing out of patera over altar, holding spear; shield at side to right. VF, green patina. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla288 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.13g, 6h). • M • AVPHΛIOC • ANTΩNINOC • AVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NI to left, KAI to right, EΩN in exergue, hexastyle temple façade set on three-tiered base; globe in pediment. Good VF, green patina, minor smoothing. Group CEM.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla217 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.03g, 1h). M • AVPH • ANTΩNINOC • AVΓOVC, laureate head right / NI to left, KA/I to right, EΩN in exergue, hexastyle temple façade set on three-tiered base; globe in pediment. Good VF, green patina, spot of hard green on obverse. From Group CEM.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla225 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (8.52g). ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / NIKA IEΩN, to right and left of eagle between two standards. EF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla171 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.96g, 8h). Laureate head left / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, green patina, light roughness.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla182 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.71g, 7h). ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head left / NI KAI EΩN, hexastyle temple, with pellet-in-annulet in pediment and containing Tyche standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, green patina, some cleaning marks. Very rare. Spradling Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla257 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (7.55g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter. VF, green patina.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla253 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (5.12g, 7h). • M • AVPHΛIOC • ANTΩNINOC • AVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NI-KAI/EΩN, hexastyle temple set on three-tiered base; globe in pediment. VF, green patina, lightly smoothed.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla228 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (7.64g). ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓΥCΤΟC, laureate bust left / ΝΙ-ΚΑΙЄΩΝ, cult statue of Tyche within hexastyle temple. Nice dark green patina, VF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla209 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (8.01g). Laureate head right / eagle between two standards. gVF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla165 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (7.90g, 8h). Laureate head right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. Near VF, dark brown patina, orange earthen highlights. Rare. Spradling Coll.
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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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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla213 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (8.70g, 1h). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple with pellet in pediment. EF, attractive green patina.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla169 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (7.12g). ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head left / NIKAIEΩN, Demeter standing left, holding sceptre (or torch), grain ears and poppy. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla101 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (8.22g). ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head left / NIKAIEΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera and sceptre. VF.
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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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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla166 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (12.67g, 7h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Dionysos standing facing, head right, holding grape vine; to left, panther left; to right, overturned cantharus and satyr advancing left. Near VF, green patina. Very rare. Spradling Coll.; ex vAuctions 221 (2/2009), lot 72.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla153 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 - Diassarion (10.26g, 6h). AVT K M AVP A-NTΩN AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKA-IЄΩN, Mercury standing left, holding fold of drapery and caduceus over ram standing to left. Good Fine, green surfaces, with some roughness. Extremely rare.
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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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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla244 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (15.04g). ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓΟΥCΤΟC, laureate head right / ΝΙΚΑΙ−ΕΩΝ, Zeus with phiale and scepter seated left. Rare. Dark green glossy patina, EF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla165 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (11.96g, 1h). Laureate head right / Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; round shield at feet to left. Near VF, green patina. Spradling Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla196 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (13.61g, 1h). Severan Games issue with Philadelphia. Struck 198 AD. AYT K M AYPH ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right; uncertain c/m to left / CEOYHPEIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA NIKAIEΩN, table surmounted by two agonistic urns and uncertain object; below, amphora containing two palm fronds. Good Fine, dark green patina. Extremely rare.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla171 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (11.78g). Laureate head right / Emperor standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Brown tone. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla131 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (11.89g, 7h). ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, emperor standing right in quadriga, holding eagle-tipped scepter. aVF, green and brown surfaces, some porosity, flan crack.
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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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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla379 viewsCaracalla, 198-21 AD. AE29 (11.76g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Herakles and the Cerynean hind: Herakles standing left, grasping antlers of the Cerynean Hind, pinning it down with his knee; club to left. VF, black patina with earthen highlights, some scratches on obverse. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla101 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (16.92g). ANTΩNЄINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / NIKAIЄΩN, Caracalla standing left, holding patera and parazonium; to right, Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding wreath and sceptre. gVF.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla627 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (27.92g). AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVΓOV, youthful laureate and cuirassed bust right / CEOVHPIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA TA MEΓAΛA NIKAIEΩN, ornate prize crown with two palms; IEPOC AΓON in central band. EF, dark green patina, flan crack. A superb, lifelike portrait of the young Caracalla.

This unrecorded coin provides a further expansion of the games-related legends of the coins of Nicaea. "ta megala" is otherwise unattested, and in conjunction with the full legend can be read as "Severeia Philadelpheia in respect to the great ceremonies of the Nicaeans," with the central band inscription reading "The Holy Game." In the late 3rd century a complex cycle of at least fifteen games and associated religious festivals is attested for Nicaea, honoring Dionysus the founder, Apollo Pythius, and various emperors from Augustus to Gallienus. Read along with the very young portrait of Caracalla as Augustus, the legend and type can be taken to indicate that Nicaea sponsored a grand series of festivals to celebrate the joint elevation of Caracalla to Augustus and Geta to Caesar in 198 AD.
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Nikaia (AD 202-205) AE 21 - Plautilla77 viewsPlautilla, Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE21 (5.98g). ΠΛAVTIΛΛA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Nemesis standing left, holding bridle and drawing veil; wheel behind to left. Very rare. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 202-205) AE 28 - Plautilla653 viewsPlautilla, Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE28 (12.42g). Draped bust right; c/m: Nike standing right / Tyche, holding rudder and cornucopia, standing left within hexastyle temple. VF, dark greenish-brown patina.
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Nikaia (AD 209-211) AE 27 - Geta 401 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE27 (10.31g). Draped bust right; two countermarks: head of Septimius Severus and Nike / NIKAIEΩN; Tyche standing left holding cornucopiae and rudder. Coin fine, countermarks very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 209-211) AE 30 - Geta175 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE30 (16.63g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eagle with wreath on altar between two military standards. Dark green glossy patina, VF. Franke coll.
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Nikaia (AD 209-211) AE 31 - Geta304 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE31 (13.34g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Roma seated left, holding Nike on globe; shield behind. Near VF, green patina, some smoothing.
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Nikaia (AD 209-211) AE 32 - Geta182 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE32 (20.13g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Concordia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. Good Fine, dark greenish-brown patina, rough surfaces. Ex Frederick Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 211-217) AE 22 - Caracalla169 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE22 (5.02g). Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate head right / ΝΙΚΑΙΕ/ΩΝ, Roma enthroned to left holding Nike and spear. Dark green patina, VF.
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Nikaia (AD 211-217) AE 28 - Caracalla254 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE28 (10.60g). ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓΟΥCΤΟC, laureate and draped bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Dionysos seated in card drawn by four elephants holding bunch of grapes in right leaning on thyrsos with left. Dark green patina, VF.
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Nikaia (AD 217-218) AE 23 - Macrinus202 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE23 (7.67g, 8h). AVT K M O(ΠЄ)Λ CЄOV(HP) • MAKPЄINOC AVГ, laureate head right / NI K A IE, ΩN in exergue, hexastyle temple façade. Good VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing.
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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 217-218) AE 27 - Macrinus290 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE27 (12.81g, 6h). Laureate head right / Sarapis standing left, holding grain ears and scepter. Good VF, attractive hard emerald green patina.
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Nikaia (AD 217-218) AE 28 - Macrinus371 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE28 (15.45g.). [ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠЄΛ] CЄΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡЄΙΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate head right / ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, elephant with rider right. Dark green patina, almost very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 217-218) AE 28 - Macrinus364 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE28 (12.56g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / River-god Sagaris reclining left on rock from which water flows, head turned to right, holding branch and reed. VF, brown patina, some smoothing.
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Nikaia (AD 217-218) AE 28 - Macrinus117 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE28 / Tetrassarion (12.28g, 1h). AYT•K•M•Ο ΠЄ Λ CЄOV HP •MAKPЄINOC AYΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Nemesis standing front, head to left, holding fold of drapery with her right hand and bridle in her left; at feet to left, wheel. Very rare. Well struck and with a fine dark green patina. Light smoothing and with a minor area of weakness, EF.
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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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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 22 - Elagabalus324 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE22 (4.32g). Laureate head right / Perspectival view of a hexastyle temple. VF, glossy brown and green patina, smoothed.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 22 - Elagabalus189 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE22 (5.34g, 7h). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple with star in pediment. VF, green patina.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 22 - Elagabalus144 viewsElagabalus. 218-222 AD. AE22 - Assarion (6.33g, 7h). Laureate head right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. VF, green patina, with some areas of red and scattered cleaning marks. Extremely rare.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 23 - Elagabalus345 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE23 (4.63g, 2h). Laureate bust right / Elagabalus riding elephant right. VF, green patina, some smoothing. Rare.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 23 - Elagabalus365 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE23 (8.81g). M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, laureate bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Athena with spear and shield sacrificing over altar. Extremely rare. Green patina, VF.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 23 - Elagabalus298 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE23 (6.39g, 6h). Laureate head right / Emperor standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet to left, bound captive seated left. VF, rough green patina, some scratches in reverse field.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 25 - Elagabalus113 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE25 / Assarion (5.68g, 7h). • M • AVPH • ANTΩNINOC • AVΓ, laureate head of Elagabalus to right / NIKAIEΩN, Asclepius standing facing, his head turned to left, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. Very rare. Sharp, nicely patinated. Reverse very slightly double struck, otherwise, EF. Ex Obolos 5 (6/2016), 692.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 26 - Elagabalus305 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE26 (4.90g). Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Serpent-entwined torch with corn ears and poppies. Rare. Nice dark green patina. Very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 218-225) AE 17 -Julia Maesa267 viewsJulia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. AE17 (2.60g, 12h). Draped bust right / Star and crescent. VF, greenish-brown patina.
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Nikaia (AD 219-220) AE 22 - Julia Paula169 viewsJulia Paula, Augusta, 219-220 AD. AE22 (5.13g, 7h). Draped bust right / Venus standing left, holding apple. Good VF, green patina, area of fill on reverse. A scarcer empress for the provincial series. Possibly an unpublished type.
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Nikaia (AD 222) AE 20 - Severus Alexander164 viewsSeverus Alexander, as Caesar, 222 AD. AE20 - Diassarion (5.84g, 7h). M AVP AΛЄZANΔPOC K, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / N-IKA-IEΩN, Justitia standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. VF, brown patina. Extremely rare.
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Nikaia (AD 222) AE 24 - Severus Alexander342 viewsSeverus Alexander, as Caesar, 222 AD. AE24 (6.10g). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Three military standards. VF, dark grayish-green patina, some light roughness. Rare.
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Nikaia (AD 222) AE 24 - Severus Alexander175 viewsSeverus Alexander, as Caesar, 222 AD. AE21 (5.63g, 7h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma seated left, holding Victory and spear. Good VF, green and brown patina, light smoothing.
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Nikaia (AD 222-234) AE 21 - Severus Alexander554 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-234 AD. AE23 (g, 6h). M AVΡ ΣΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, 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 222-234) AE 22 - Severus Alexander844 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-234 AD. AE22 (4.16g, 8h). M AVP CEVH AΛEXANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Aphrodite-Venus kneeling right, nude but for cloth draped across her lap, flanked by two winged Erotes, each holding a torch, with the one on the left also holding up a mirror, which Aphrodite turns to gaze into. Good VF, smooth olive green patina. Important mythological type.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 18 - Severus Alexander273 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE18 (3.77g). Laureate and draped bust right / Roma seated left holding Vctory and spear. Good VF, greenish-brown patina, light smoothing.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Julia Mamaea195 viewsJulia Mamaea, mother of Alexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE20 (3.99g). IOYΛIA MAMAIA AVΓ, draped bust right / NI K AI ΩN, military standards. Nice light green patina, irregular flan, gVF. Franke coll.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander169 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 (4.24g). M AVP CEV AΛEΞANΔPOC AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, lighted altar with unidentified object inscribed ΔIOC ΛITAIOY. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander301 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 (4.70g, 8h). M AVP CЄVH AΛЄΞANΔPOC AV, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Three signa. Good VF, green patina.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander174 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 (4.20g, 7h). M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKA-IEΩN, five grain ears bundled together. Near VF, green patina, some minor roughness and areas of fill. Extremely rare.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander171 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 - Assarion (7.57g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [NI]-KI-E-Ω-N, Centaur advancing right, playing lyre. Good Fine, yellow-brown surfaces, some roughness. Extremely rare.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Julia Mamaea127 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE21 (8.72g). Draped bust of Julia right / Tyche standing left holding rudder and globe. Lovely tan patina.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Severus Alexander208 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE21 (5.03g, 6h). Laureate head right / Elephant right. VF, green patina, light smoothing and tooling.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Severus Alexander97 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE21 / Diassarion (5.40g, 7h). M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIK A IEΩN, Cista mystica with serpent. gVF, dark green surfaces, some light smoothing.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander385 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (6.87g), struck 222 AD (as Caesar). M AVP AΛEΞANΔPOC KAIC, draped, cuirassed and bare-headed bust right / NIKAIE-ΩN, Nymph Nikaia, in long dress and wearing mural crown, standing left, holding patera(?) in left hand and resting with right hand on thyrsos with gnarled staff. Very rare, F+ (patina removed). Hoeft coll.
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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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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander191 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.58g). M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, prize crown containing palm branch. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 23 - Julia Mamaea326 viewsJulia Mamaea, mother of Alexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE23 (6.6g). IOYΛIA MAMAIA AVΓ, draped bust right / NIKAIΩN, prize-crown with one palm branch on table. Good VF.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 24 - Severus Alexander216 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE24 (10.16g, 7h). Radiate head right / Dionysus standing left, emptying cantharus and holding thyrsus. VF, green and brown patina, some smoothing.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Alexander Severus 311 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE25 (7.48g). M AVP CЄVH AΛЄΞANΔPOC AV, cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right / NI KA-IЄΩN, Emperor standing to left holding patera crowned by Nike to right. Rare. Nice very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Julia Mamaea169 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE25 - Diassaria (9.32g, 2h). ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑ[...], draped bust right / EVCEΒΩN EVΓ-EN(ΩN) NIKAIE(ΩN), Pan advancing left, holding grape bunch and lagobolon. VF, brown patina, flan crack. Extremely rare reverse legend and type. Spradling Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander324 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (9.18g). M AVP CEVH - AΛEΞANΔPOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / NI-[K]-AIEΩ-N, Dionysos sitting right, draped with ivy wreath, holding thyrsos, head turned left to a female figure (nymph Nikaia), standing frontal, head right, wearing chignon, holding wreath in right hand. Very rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.

The Phrygian nymph Nikaia was raped by Dionysos, who was ktistes of the city of Nikaia.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander198 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (9.81g). [M AVP CEVH] AΛEZANΔPOC, laureate head right / EV / CEBΩN / EVΓENΩN / NIKAIE / ΩN, legend in 5 lines in laurel wreath. Rare, F+, stripped. Hoeft coll.
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 27 - Severus Alexander204 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE27 (8.05g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hygeia seated right, feeding serpent hanging from tree branch, facing Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; before tree, statue set on low cippus; countermark: uncertain. Near VF, green patina. Rare.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE - Maximinus I353 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE - 2 Assaria (7.30g). Draped bust right/ Temple of Tyche. Brown patina. Very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 22 - Maximinus I180 viewsMaximinus I. 235-238 AD. AE22 (7.92g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hexastyle temple with globe in pediment. VF, tan-brown surfaces.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 23 - Maximinus I174 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE23 (6.89g). Γ IOV OVH MAΞIMEINOC AV, laureate and draped bust right / NI KA IEΩN, Athena seated left leaning on spear, holding phiale. Good very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 23 - Maximus262 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE23 (7.38g, 1h). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing facing, head left, holding inverted spear. VF, dark brown patina. Ex Righetti Coll, 9895.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximinus I209 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE24 (8.40g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Triptolemus in chariot drawn by serpents right. VF, green patina, light smoothing. Rare type.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximus110 viewsMaximus, as Caesar, 235/6-238 AD. AE24 (8.28g, 1h). ΓIOVOVH M[AΞIMOCK], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark, laureate head right within incuse oval / NIKAIE[ΩN], Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. gF. Very Rare.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 24 – Maximinus I374 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE24 (6.4g). Laureate and draped bust of Maximinus right, countermark: head right / Hexastyle temple with pellet in center, and in pediment. Ex Antioch and Associates 2000.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 25 - Maximus172 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE25 (7.65g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Demeter standing left; holding corn-ears and torch. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 25 – Maximinus I252 viewsMaximinus, 235-238 AD. AE25 (8.58g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / N-I-KA-I-EΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera and spear, left elbow resting on shield. VF, dark brown patina. Ex Drewry Coll.; Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 6 (10/2000), lot 726 (part of).
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 27 - Maximinus I90 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE27 / Diassarion (6.30g, 12h). Γ IOV OVH MAΞIMEINOC AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NI KAI EΩN, Demeter seated left, holding grain ears and torch. VF, dark green patina, flan crack. Interesting flip-over double strike.
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Nikaia (AD 238-244) AE 19 - Gordian III228 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE19 (2.41g, 1h). Radiate and draped bust right / Three aquilae. VF, green patina. From Group CEM.
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Nikaia (AD 238-244) AE 22 - Gordian III173 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE22 (6.36g). Radiate, draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 238-244) AE 23 - Gordian III186 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE22.5 (4.52g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / hexastyle temple. Green patina, gVF.
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Nikaia (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordian III292 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (19.34g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from front, holding spear forward and shield decorated with aegis; countermarks: laureate head right within circular incuse and uncertain / Boule standing right, facing Demos standing left, each holding scepter and supporting small round shield between them. VF, dark brown patina.
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Nikaia (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Gordian III295 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE33 / Hectassarion (18.23g, 2h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from front, holding spear forward and shield decorated with aegis / Heracles reclining left on lion right, extending hand to Victory with arms raised kneeling right at knee, and holding club. VF, black-green patina with olive green overtones. Very rare reverse type.
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Nikaia (AD 241-244) AE 22 - Tranquillina198 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE22 (6.87g). Draped and diademed bust right / Hexastyle temple, within, statue. Very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 241-244) AE 22 - Tranquillina160 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE22 - Diassaria (7.56g, 1h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond. VF, brown patina, some spots of striking weakness. Southern Pathologist coll.; ex Burstein coll.
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Nikaia (AD 241-244) AE 22 - Tranquillina184 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE21.5 (5.86g). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Zeus seated left holding patera and sceptre. Apparently unpublished. Brown tone. About Very Fine.
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Nikaia (AD 241-244) AE 23 - Tranquillina345 viewsTranquillina, 241-244 AD. AE23 (7.40g). CABЄI TPANKVΛΛЄINA, draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Sarapis (Serapis). Dark green patina, VF.
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Nikaia (AD 241-244) AE 23 - Tranquillina324 viewsTranquillina, 238-244 AD. AE23 (7.13g). CΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛЄΙΝΑC, bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Athena. Black patina with some red, good very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 241-244) AE 24 - Tranquillina199 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE24 (8.05g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Aesculapius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Near EF, brown patina. From Group CEM.
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