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Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 25 - Julia Domna407 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.Oct 04, 2008
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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.Oct 04, 2008
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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).Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius 771 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II777 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 29 - Vespasian539 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 29 - Nero582 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla449 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE - Elagabalus464 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (BC 47-46) AE 24 - Julius Caesar1648 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 24 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II2032 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla503 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 29 - Antoninus Pius657 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).Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 29 - Domitia Lucilla662 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 41 - Antoninus Pius878 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 28 - Marcus Aurelius853 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.Jul 23, 2008
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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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius754 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 20 - Vespasian851 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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 260-261) AE - Macrianus971 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.Jul 23, 2008
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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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE - Commodus556 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.Jul 23, 2008
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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.Jul 23, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 193-217) AE 32 - Julia Domna389 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.Jul 15, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Alexander Severus 314 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.Jul 04, 2008
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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.Jul 04, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 251) AE 23 - Volusian443 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.Jul 02, 2008
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Nikaia (AD 202-205) AE 28 - Plautilla655 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.Aug 17, 2007
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Nikaia (AD 217-218) AE 27 - Macrinus557 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.Jul 29, 2007
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Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 23 - Antoninus Pius598 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.Jul 29, 2007
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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.Jul 29, 2007
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Nikaia (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I397 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.Jul 28, 2007
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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.Jun 29, 2007
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus662 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.Feb 18, 2006
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Salonina636 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.Oct 31, 2005
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Nikaia (AD 180-192) AE 28 - Commodus649 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE28 (10.71g, 1h). Bust right / Three athletes drawing competition lots from an urn. Rare.Aug 31, 2005
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Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Julia Domna532 viewsJulia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE15. Bust right / Urn containing palm branch. VF+.Aug 21, 2005
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Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 21 - Vespasian648 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE21 (6.85g). Laureate bust right / Panther seated left, paw on cantharus. Rare. VF.Aug 21, 2005
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus530 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (9.13g).Dec 21, 2004
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Nikaia (AD 222-234) AE 22 - Severus Alexander846 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.Dec 17, 2004
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