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Æ27 - Caracalla ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Features

Issuer Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus)
Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 198-217
Composition Bronze
Weight 13.07 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
505919
References RPC Online V.2# 73654
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.2 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Bithynia-Pontus and Asia. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, left, seen from front, holding spear pointing forward and shield ornamented with quadriga driven by Nike

Lettering: ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ

Translation: Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Sarapis standing facing, head left, raising his right arm above lighted altar and holding sceptre in left

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Translation: of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate

Mint

Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (198-217) 

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