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Nikaia (AD 244-249) AE - Philip II355 viewsPhilip II, 244-249 AD. AE (11.14g). AE - 4 Assaria (11.14g). Draped bust right / Pan Ephialtes, ityphallisch, wein bag and flower. Very rare. Dark brown patina. Very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 244-249) AE 26 - Otacilia Severa281 viewsOtacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE26 (12.11g). Diademed and draped bust right / Two tetrastyle temples seen at an angle., brown patina. VF. Ex Alexandre de Barros Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 244-249) AE 27 - Philip I171 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE27 (11.85g). Radiate and draped bust right / The Emperor on horse galopping right, holding spear. Light brown tone. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I394 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE28 - Tetrassarion (13.06g). Radiate and draped bust right / NI-KAI-EΩN, Demeter standing left, holding wreath and torch. Rare, very fine.
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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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Nikaia (AD 249-251) AE 17 - Herennia Etruscilla168 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, 249-251 AD. AE17 (3.23g, 6h). EPEN ET[POVCKIΛΛA CE], diademed and draped bust right / [N]IKAIE[ΩN], aquila between two standards. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 249-251) AE 22 - Herennia Etruscilla180 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, Augusta, 249-251 AD. AE22 (4.80g). ΕΡΕΠΕΤΡΟΥCΚΙΛΛΑ CE, diademed and draped bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dikaiosyne standing left, holding cornucopia and scales. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 251) AE 23 - Volusian441 viewsVolusian, Caesar, 251 AD. AE23 (6.20g). Radiate head right / The Three Graces, standing with arms around one another. VF, dark green patina with some earthen deposits. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 251) AE 25 - Hostilian190 viewsHostilian, as Caesar, 251 AD. AE25 (6.54g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Athena Promachos standing left resting on shield, holding patera and spear. Extremely rare. aVF.
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Nikaia (AD 251-253) AE 25 - Trebonianus Gallus356 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE25 - Tetrassarion (6.76g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Helmeted Athena enthroned to left wearing chiton and peplos holding scepter and patera. Nice very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 251-253) AE 25 - Trebonianus Gallus190 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE25 (7.07g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Homonoia seated left; holding patera and cornucopia. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 251-253) AE 26 - Trebonianus Gallus197 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE26 (6.78g). Radiate and draped bust right / Concordia standing left, holding cornucopia and patera. gVF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 23 - Valerian I386 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE23 (6.60g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hipparchus the Astronomer seated left; globe on pedestal to left. VF, green-brown patina, minor roughness. Very rare. Ex Wagner Coll.
Hipparchus the Astronomer is honored on a few rare issues from Nicaea, where he was born circa 190 BC. His importance to classical astronomy is unsurpassed, as he compiled the first star chart, calculated the sizes of the sun and the moon, determined the length of the seasons, and utilized a trigonometry table before any other mathematician.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 24 - Valerian I209 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE24 (8.98g). ΠΟΥ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛЄΡΙΑÎΟC ΑΥΓ, radiate and draped bust right / ÎΙΚΑΙЄΩÎ, Tyche with rudder and cornucopiae. Black patina. gVF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 24 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II2029 viewsValerian I, with Gallienus and Valerian II Caesar, 253-260 AD. AE24 (8.37g, 7h), struck 256-258 AD. 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-Ã -vis; between, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian II right, seen from behind / Three agonistic crowns set on ornate base, central crown containing two palms, each flanking crown a single palm. VF, green patina with traces of red-brown, minor roughness. Rare.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I263 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE25 (8.01g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left, holding phiale. Near VF, red-brown patina, some deposits. Ex Righetti Coll., 8925.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I160 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE25 (9.13g). Radiate and cirassed bust right / Nike standing facing, head right; holding shield and trophy. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I225 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE25 (7.02g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / three prize urns, in the central two palms in the others only one palm. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I170 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE25 (8.17g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I167 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE25 (10.15g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Heracles standing left, holding lion skin on the outstrached arm; behind, altar. Extremely rare. aVF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I190 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE25 (8.75g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Aequitas standing left, holding scale and cornucopia. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 26 - Valerian I224 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE26 - Tetrassarion (8.20g, 12h). Struck circa 256 AD. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. VF, dark brown patina with some spots of red.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 27 - Valerian I266 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE27 (9.32g, 6h). Radiate and draped bust right / Valerian and Gallienus, each radiate and wearing military attire, standing facing one another, clasping right hands and holding spears; to right, third figure (priest?), holding uncertain object. Good Fine, porous tan surfaces.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 28 - Valerian I & Gallienus253 viewsValerian I and Gallienus, 253-260 AD. AE28 (12.72g). AVTO OVAΛEPIANOC ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEBB, confronted and radiate busts / TON OIKI Σ THN NIKAIEIΣ, naked Herakles Oikistes standing right, holding club; to left, head of bull. Very rare. Dark green patina with minor defects, reverse slightly corroded.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II771 viewsValerian I, with Gallienus and Valerian II Caesar, 253-260 AD. AE35 - Medallion (19.32g, 12h). AYT K OYAΛЄPIANOC/ΓAΛΛIHNOC •/OYAΛЄPI/ANOC, CЄBBB in exergue, laureate and draped bust of Valerian I right vis-à -vis laureate and draped bust of Gallienus left; between them, laureate and draped bust of Valerian II right / MЄΓIC/TΩN APIC/T Ω N above, NIKAIЄΩN in exergue, three agonistic crowns, each containing two palms, set on ornate table top. VF, dark green patina, light overall roughness. Unique as a medallion. Ex Wagner Coll., Ex Mabbott Coll. (Part I, Hans Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1164; Münzen und Medaillen XIII (6/1954), lot 878.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus406 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (5.82g). ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ЄΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗÎΟΣ, cuirassed, draped and radiate bust right / NIKAIЄΩN, Dionysos in Elephant-quadriga left. Rare. Very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus528 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (9.13g).
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus660 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (7.74g). ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ΕΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗÎΟΣ, cuirassed, draped and radiate bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos in Elephant-quadriga. Rare. Very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus343 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (7.76g, 1h). Radiate head right / Athena standing left, holding phiale in right hand, spear in left, shield at feet left. VF, light brown patina, minor roughness.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus189 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (9.08g, 12h). Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Sage-green patina, GVF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Salonina634 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (10.84g). Diademed and draped bust right / Valerian and Gallienus clasping hands, female figure (Homonaia, Salonina or priestess?) to right. Attractive very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus172 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (12.66g). Radiate bust right / Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE22 - Gallienus551 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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Nikaia (AD 254-268) AE 23 - Salonina179 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE23 (6.53g). KOP CAΛΩNЄINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right / NIKAI EΩN, S, Tyche within hexastyle temple. gVF.
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Nikaia (AD 260-261) AE - Macrianus970 viewsMacrianus, 260-261 AD. AE - 8 Assaria (7.70g). Radiate and draped bust right / City wall. Brown patina. Very fine.
The reverse shows the city wall of Nikaia which needed to be fortified after invasions of the Goths. Most of it is still preserved.
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Nikaia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19377 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. Thorius Flaccus, proconsul. NIKAIEΩN, wreathed head of Dionysos right.
Rev: EΠI ANΘYΠATOY ΘΩPIOY ΦΛAKKOY, head of elefant right; before and behind, monogram. VF.
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Nikaia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 23 - Thorius Flaccus1036 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE23 (5.90g, 12h). Thorius Flaccus, anthypatos (proconsul). Struck circa 25 BC. Bare head of Thorius Flaccus right / Draped bust of Juno Lanuvia right; monograms to left and right. VF, brown surfaces, light overall porosity. Very rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Spink/Galerie des Monnaies (2/1977), lot 231.
Thorius Flaccus served as proconsul of the province of Bithynia under Augustus. He is only known from his coin issues at Nicaea (RPC 2027-30) and Nicomedia (RPC 2062-3). M. Grant, in FITA (p. 384), listed his dates in office as 29-28 BC, but this was based on an assumed similarity in portrait with a cistophorus minted in 28 BC, which has now been discounted (see RPC p. 337).
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Nikaia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 28 - Augustus321 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE28 (14.60g, 1h). Thorius Flaccus, proconsul. Bare head left / Nike advancing right, holding palm and wreath; monogram and Ï‚ below; additional monogram to right. VF, green patina. Rare.
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Nikaia (BC 47-46) AE 24 - Julius Caesar1647 viewsJulius Caesar, 47/6 BC. AE24 - Assarion (8.38g, 11h). C. Vibius Pansa, proconsul. Dated CY 236 (47/6 BC). Bare head of Caesar right / ΓAIOY down right field, OYBIOY / ΠANΣA down left, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm over left shoulder; monograms to left and right; VΛΣ (date) in exergue. Near VF, black patina. Ex Drewry Coll.
This type was the first anywhere to feature the portrait of Julius Caesar. C. Vibius Pansa was part of the Caesarian faction at Rome, and probably owed his proconsulship to his patron. The only other definite lifetime portrait of Caesar from the provincial series was an issue of ca 45 BC at Lampsacus (RPC I 2268-9). Both of these issues preceded the earliest appearance of his portrait at Rome, on the denarii of M. Mettius in January 44 BC.
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Nikaia (BC 62-59) AE 18 - C. Papirius Carbo232 viewsC. Papirius Carbo, Procurator, 62-59 BC. AE18 (3.30g). Dated year 222 (61/0 BC). NIKAIEΩN, amphora; BKΣ (date) and monogram to left / ΕΠI ΓAIOY ΠAΠIPIOY KAPBΩNOΣ, kerykeion, with base terminating in club. aVF. Very rare.
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