Unpublished Coins of Nicomedia

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Unpublished Coins of Nicomedia

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HALE GÜNEY

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Unpublished Coins of Nicomedia

HALE GÜNEY1

[PLATES 61-67]

THE AIM of this paper is to present 104 unpublished civic bronze coins of Nicomedia in the collections of İstanbul Archaeological Museums, İznik Museum, Sakarya Museum, Bolu Museum in northwestern Turkey and Naples National Archaeological Museum.2 To them is added at the end one coin at İstanbul Archaeological Museums classified under ‘Uncertain Bithynia’.

The civic coins of Nicomedia began in 61 BC with an issue signed by the proconsul C. Papirius Carbo,3 and continued until the coinages of Gallienus (AD 253-268) and his wife Salonina (AD 253-268). In this period, the reverse types generally bear depictions of deities such as Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Asclepius with Hygieia, Demeter, Isis, Serapis, Heracles, Hermes, Hygieia, Cybele, Nike, Poseidon, Tyche, and Zeus, which gives a notion of the religious life in the city. The animals depicted on the coins are horse, pig, hippocampus, eagle, goat, tuna, and serpent. As well as personifications of Eirene, the Demos, the Boule, Roma, Stolos, and Homonoia, there are depictions of arches, a lectisternium, altars, and temples, which give an idea of the architecture of the city. Prow, galleys, torches, and wreaths are also depicted.4

1 I am obliged to Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Bolu Museum, Sakarya Museum, Iznik Museum, Naples National Archaeological Museum and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France for kindly hosting me and allowing me to look through the coins of Nicomedia in their collections. I would like to thank Andrew Burnett and William Metcalf for helping me to identify coin no. 105 and Dario Calomino for coin no. 80. I am obliged to Richard Ashton for providing information about the coins of Nicomedia and Nicaea in the Afyon Museum. Finally I am indebted to Richard Ashton and Andrew Burnett for their comments which helped to improve this article.

2 The reason why the coins at Naples are included here is related to my PhD dissertation on the economy of Nicomedia. Inscriptions provide evidence of contact between Nicomedians (traders, shipowners and other travellers) and the cities of Rome and Naples. Hence I aimed to see collections at Rome and Naples. The coins of Nicomedia at Naples Museum were unpublished, and are included here with the permission of the museum.

3 A recent die-study by the present author investigates the reasons why Carbo introduced bronze coinage in Nicomedia, and its operation, scale and circulation: H. Güney, ‘The Roman monetary economy in Bithynia during the second half of the first century BC: the case of Nicomedia’, Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire 2015, pp. 31-53.

4 H. Güney, ‘Unpublished coins of Nicomedia at Bursa Archaeological Museum’, Arkeoloji ve Sanat 150 (2015), p. 43.

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The majority of the coins of Nicomedia presented here date to the reigns of Antoninus Pius, Commodus, Caracalla and Severus Alexander. Some depict types not hitherto known for their reigns: coin 51 of Septimius Severus depicts a Hygieia type hitherto attested only on coins of Tranquillina; coin 79 of Maximinus Thrax depict Serapis type hitherto attested only on coins of Gordian III and Trajan Decius.

The last coin in the catalogue, no. 105, has an uncommon type struck under Trajan. It has been attributed to Nicaea in some catalogues and was catalogued under Nicomedia at Istanbul Archaeological Museums. The coin has the head of the emperor on the obverse and an altar with double doors on the reverse bearing the legend ΔΙΟΣ. Obverse and reverse legends do not provide a city name.5 As specified in RPC volumes I and II, there are in fact two main varieties, both with ΔΙΟΣ, one with an altar and the other with an eagle. A unique coin of Domitian, RPC II, 710 (with altar), is similar and probably has the reverse legend ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙ[ΤΑ]ΙΟΥ: this links it to coins of Nero (RPC I, 2053, 2055; both with altar) which have the legend ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙΤΑΙΟΥ, but also the letters NE-IK which probably indicate attribution to Nicaea since that is the way other coins of Nicaea refer to their city of origin (those of Nicomedia usually have the letter O as well). Another coin of Domitian (RPC II, 644) also has the altar inscribed ΔΙΟΣ [ ] with an explicit ethnic for Nicaea. Other coins of Domitian from Nicaea also have the eagle (RPC II, 641). This tends to suggest that the Trajanic coins may also be from Nicaea rather than Nicomedia. Burnett concludes that the coins probably come from Nicaea, but that this is not certain: hence their attribution to ‘Uncertain of Bithynia’ in RPC III, 1148, 1150-51, 1154, 1159.6

In the third century, the quality of civic coins started to decline, and denominational countermarks were applied on coins from Gordian III onwards. There is also a tendency for weights to decline especially under Severus Alexander and later.7 In the catalogue, coins 74, 79-80 and 86 bear denominational countermarks Δ and Η, which are shared with other cities in the region. Howgego, GIC, pp. 17-51, in discussion of the circulation of countermarked coins, shows that civic coins from cities on the same army routes share the same countermarks.8

Although the provenances of the coins presented here are unknown, one may be reasonably confident that the coins in Iznik, Sakarya and Bolu Museums were found in the immediate neighbourhood as the museum records show that they were bought from local villagers and collectors. Bronze coins are of little value to locals,

5 There is another example in the Yale Collection where it has been attributed to Nicomedia: http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/116319 (access date: 05.03.2016), but Dr W. Metcalf has kindly informed me (pers. corr. 06/02/2015) that the attribution was purely conventional.

6 Personal correspondance with Dr Burnett 07/02/2015. 7 H. Güney, The Resources and Economy of Roman Nicomedia, unpublished PhD Thesis (University

of Exeter, 2012), p. 224. 8 The countermark Δ is shared with Byzantium, Perinthus, Amastris, Bithynium, Cius, Heracleia,

Nicaea, Nicomedia, and Magnesia in Ionia: GIC, p. 274, no. 788. The countermark H was applied to coins of Byzantium, Perinthus, Cius, Juliopolis, Nicaea, Nicomedia, Prusa ad Olympum, and Philadelphia (Arabia) after AD 253: GIC, p. 287, no. 821. In addition, a laureate head was used as a countermark on coins of Caracalla of Ancyra, Pessinus, and Nicomedia: GIC, p. 126, no. 110. A Nike countermark was applied to the reverses of coins of Nicaea, Caesareia-Germanica, Nicomedia, and Hadriani (Mysia): GIC, p. 152, no. 255.

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who tend to give them to the nearest museum in their district when they find them. Thus, the occurrence of coins in the museums near Nicomedia reflects their natural area of circulation. Besides the museums included in this study, coins of Nicomedia have been attested in the museums of Bursa (Prusa), Konuralp (Prusias ad Hypium),9 Amasya (Amaseia), Amasra (Amastris), İzmir (Smyrna), Ҫorum, Ankara (Ankyra), Adana and Afyon.10

In fact, the circulation of Nicomedian coins covers a wider area. Their circulation in the Mediterranean region has been studied in detail by the present author,11 who noted a remarkable concentration in the Balkans, where the total number of coins from Nicomedia so far documented is ninety-one.12 They come from hoards, excavations and stray finds. Coins of Nicomedia have been found in hoards buried around the middle of the third century AD in nine different places in the Balkan region: Elisenia (1 coin), Tatarevo (1), Archar (5), Todoricane (2), Edinakovci (3), Malinovo (14), Studenitza (1), Visoka Mogila (2) (all in Bulgaria); and one hoard in Albania (number of coins of Nicomedia not recorded).13 The coins found in them span periods of between thirty and fifty years. The latest coins in the hoards indicate that they were

9 Konuralp Museum was established in 1994; its numismatic collection comprises coins from Bolu Museum

10 The present author has researched the coin collections at Iznik, Bursa, Izmir, Sakarya, Tekirdağ, Istanbul, Ankara, Edirne and Bolu Museums in Turkey for her Ph.D. project (n. 6). For Amasya, Amasra, Çorum, and Çanakkale Museums see, respectively: S. Ireland, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Coins in the Museum at Amasya (Ancient Amaseia), Turkey, (London 2000); S. Ireland - S. Ateşoğulları, ‘The ancient coins in the Amasra Museum’, in R. Ashton (ed.), Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey (London 1996), pp. 115-137; Z. Çizmeli, ‘Çorum Müzesinde bulunan sikke ve cam buluntular’, 29. Uluslararası Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu 28 Mayıs - 1 Haziran 2007 (Ankara 2008), pp. 349-354; SNG Turkey 3/1 (Çanakkale Museum). Afyon Museum has 3 coins of Nicomedia dated to the time of P. Carbo (Recueil 1), V. Pansa (Recueil 8-9) and Antoninus Pius (SNG von Aulock 751); all three were acquired locally (personal correspondence with Richard Ashton, 28/04/2015).

11 H. Güney, ‘The economic activities of Roman Nicomedia and connectivity between the Propontic and the Pontic world’, in: V. Cojocaru, A. Coşkun, M. Dana (eds), Interconnectivity in the Mediterranean and Pontic World during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. Pontica et Mediterranea III (Cluj-Napoca 2014), pp. 605-625. See also H. Güney, ‘Nikomedeia Kent Sikkelerinin Dolaşımı (The coin circulation of Roman Nicomedia)’, in: K. Dörtlük et al. (eds), Proceedings of the First International Congress on Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics, February 25-28, 2013, Antalya (İstanbul 2014), pp. 281-296.

12 Güney, ‘The economic activities of Roman Nicomedia’, pp. 612-614. 13 1. Elisenia (or Eliseyna in Mezdra): S.P. Noe, Bibliography of Greek Coin Hoards (1937) no.

386; G. Seure, ‘Trésors de monnaies antiques en Bulgarie’, RN 1923, p. 25, no. 38. 2. Tatarevo or Tartarevo (south of Philipopolis/Plovdiv): Noe, Bibliography no. 1066. 3. Archar (Colonia Ratiaria, modern Bidincko/Vidin, north-west Bulgaria): T. Gerasimov, ‘Trouvailles de monnaies de Bulgarie recueillies en 1951, 1952, 1953 et 1954’, Bulletin de l’institut d’archeologie XX (1955), pp. 605f. 4. Todoricane (72 km from Pleven, northern Bulgaria): T. Gerasimov, ‘Trouvailles de monnaies de Bulgarie recueillies en 1956 et 1957’, Bulletin de l’institut d’archeologie XXV (1959), p. 363. 5. Edinakovci (west of Varna, northern Bulgaria): T. Gerasimov, ‘Trésors monétaires de Bulgarie découverts en 1958 et 1959’, Bulletin de l’institut d’archeologie XXII (1962), p. 236. 6. Malinovo (Lovetsch): V. Grigorova, Neue Beiträge zur Erforschung der Münzprägung von Pautalia, Annotazioni Numismatiche Suppl. II, (1998), p. 24, no. 23. 7. Studenitza (a village near Shumen, eastern Bulgaria): Grigorova, Neue Beiträge, p. 26, no. 36. 8. Visoka Mogila (Kyustendil): Grigorova, Neue Beiträge, p. 27, no. 43. 9. Albania: Noe, Bibliography no. 27; T. Jones, ‘A numismatic riddle: the so-called Greek Imperials’, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 107/4 (1963), p. 314, no. 3, Table 2; Grigorova, Neue Beiträge, pp. 28ff.


buried during the reigns of Severus Alexander, Gordian III and Philip.14 The coins of Nicomedia in the hoards mostly dated to the reigns of Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Severus Alexander.15 These emperors are known to have stayed in Nicomedia before their campaigns.16 It seems reasonable to suggest that they belonged to soldiers whose legionary bases were on the Danube. Deployment of such troops to the eastern frontier meant that they would probably pass through Nicomedia, where the frequent presence of the Roman fleet in the harbour would have further increased the number of troops using local markets. Hence one may suggest that the higher level of day-to-day transactions triggered the need for a much higher amount of small change than previously. The residue of this local Nicomedian currency would be what turns up in the Balkans.17

In opposing this view, de Callataÿ has argued that Greek or Roman issuers generally speaking were not concerned with providing small change to facilitate transactions. Believing that the idea of a coinage struck to cater for the need for small change is a highly modernist concept, he argues that coins were struck to pay public expenses and that the bulk of public expenditure in all countries even as late as World War I comprised payment for the military.18 However, as far as is known, Roman soldiers were normally paid in denarii.19

de Callatay’s hypothesis that the Romans ordered civic authorities to issue bronze coins to pay the garrisons conflicts with what little is known about the volume of bronze coinage produced at Nicomedia. The only die-study so far completed on the civic coins of Nicomedia, that of the bronze issues struck by P. Carbo, reveals an output of perhaps 400,000-800,000 coins for the year 59/58 BC, far too low to account for payments to the military.20 Die-studies of other mints, e.g. Amaseia, Comana and Zela, suggest the same: their outputs seem too small to cater for military payments, but support the idea of a need for small change in the market perhaps due to the presence of the army.21 Finally, Amandry’s die-study of bronze issues of Corinth showed that, at 20,000 coins per obverse die, total output from Corinth over the roughly 110-year period concerned came to around 2 million sestertii or

14 Güney, ‘The economic activities of Roman Nicomedia’, p. 613 and fn. 63. 15 Güney, ‘The coin circulation of Roman Nicomedia’, p. 284. 16 A. Johnston, ‘Caracalla’s path: the numismatic evidence’, Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 32/1

(1983), pp. 58-76; SEG XXXIII 1085 and 1558; SEG XLV 1690; E.C. Bosch, İzmit Şehrinin Muhtasar Tarihi, trans. O.N. Arıdağ (İstanbul 1942), p. 36.

17 Güney, ‘The economic activities of Roman Nicomedia’, pp. 612-614. 18 François de Callataÿ, ‘Monnaies, guerres et mercenaires en Grèce ancienne: un bilan actualisé’,

Conference Presentation, Paris 2014 (via personal correspondence, 08/05/2014), see discussion in Güney, ‘The Roman monetary economy in Bithynia’, pp. 44-46.

19 P. Southern, The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History (Oxford 2007), pp. 107-109.20 Güney, ‘The Roman monetary economy in Bithynia’ observes a total of 40 obverse dies in a corpus

of 103 coins. At 10,000 or 20,000 coins per die, they would strike about 400,000-800,000 coins. Such calculations are of course notoriously hazardous, but they still provide an approximate order of numbers.

21 J. Dalaison, L’atelier d’Amaseia du Pont: recherches historiques et numismatiques (Bordeaux 2008); M. Amandry, B. Rémy, Comana du Pont sous l’Empire romain - Étude historique et corpus monétaire, Glaux 14 (Milan 1999); J. Dalaison, B. Rémy, M. Amandry, Zéla sous l’Empire romain. Études historiques et corpus monétaire (Bordeaux 2009).

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500.000 denarii.22 This amount was equivalent to twice the property qualification for a senator, but would have been enough to pay one Roman legion for only four or five months.23

Moreover, later numismatic evidence offers a better understanding of the role of military campaigns in coinage at Nicomedia. The highest numbers of extant coins of Nicomedia, ranging between 50-80 specimens for each emperor, were issued under Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Severus Alexander, Maximinus Thrax and Gordian III.24 Their reigns mostly coincide with major eastern campaigns and their stays at Nicomedia.25 The presence of the emperor and the army in the city would have caused daily transactions to increase, and it is reasonable to assume that this triggered the need for a higher amount of small change than usual. Additionally, the types of the Nicomedian issues minted during the reigns of these emperors reflect military activities, for example an eagle between standards, the emperor with standards, the emperor spearing the enemy, and the emperor on a warship.26 This indicates that the eastern campaigns played an important role in the city’s economic and political life, but the relatively small number of coins concerned suggests that they were not minted to make military payments.

Nevertheless, we still have to account for the fact that so many coins from Nicomedia and Nicaea were taken over to Europe (56 coins of Nicaea occur with coins of Nicomedia in the Balkan hoards).27 The hoard evidence in particular implies deliberate burial and casts doubt on the view that these coins were inadvertently dropped, sacrificed within a ritual or religious context, or simply discarded in the Balkans. Given the strong representation of Nicomedian and Nicaean coins in the area, the question arises whether those coins from western Asia Minor were also accepted in far-away local markets in the Balkans.28

Given Howgego’s demonstration that civic coins from cities on the same army routes share the same countermarks,29 and the hoard evidence, it may be hypothesised that, at least during the third century AD, the coins of Nicomedia and Nicaea were accepted in a sort of a Balkan currency pool due to increased military activities.30 This

22 M. Amandry, Le Monnayage des Duovirs Corinthiens, BCH Suppl. XV (Paris 1988).23 C.J. Howgego, ‘After the colt has bolted: a review of Amandry on Roman Corinth’, NC 149 (1989),

pp. 199-208.24 Güney, PhD thesis (n. 6 above), pp. 266-269. 25 See n. 15 above. 26 Caracalla: legionary standards, Recueil 240. Severus Alexander: eagle between two standards,

Recueil 327; eagle between three standards, Recueil 329-330. Gordian III on a warship with rowers, O. Tekin, Yapı Kredi Koleksiyonu Grek ve Roma Sikkeleri (İstanbul 1994) 125. Valerian spearing an enemy, Recueil 404.

27 The hoards containing both coins of Nicaea and Nicomedia are Tatarevo, Archar, Todoricane, Malinovo, Visoka Mogila, and Albania: Grigorova, Neue Beiträge zur Erforschung der Münzprägung von Pautalia, pp. 21-28; Güney, ‘The economic activities of Roman Nicomedia’, p. 617.

28 Güney, ‘The economic activities of Roman Nicomedia’, p. 617. 29 GIC, pp. 126, 152, 274 and 287. In the western Euxine, countermark GIC 626 was applied after

AD 222–225, probably at Odessus. Despite the small size of the sample, contact with Bithynian cities is indicated by its presence on coins of Nicaea and Tium: see GIC, pp. 39 and 229-230. Countermark 626 is recorded on coins of Nicopolis ad Istrum (2), Tomis (2), Philippopolis (1), Nicaea (1), Tium (1) during the reigns of Severus, Geta, Elagabalus, Alexander and Commodus.

30 Güney, ‘The economic activities of Roman Nicomedia’, p. 618.


may have facilitated daily transactions, with traders as well as travellers benefiting from an enhanced circulation pool of low-value currency. However, in the absence of more compelling evidence for such an interpretation, we should confine ourselves to simply crediting the more intense army movements to and from the empire’s eastern frontier (or between the Danubian and Parthian borders) for an increase in the local bronze coinage of Nicomedia and for its wide circulation, especially in the Balkans. Here, too, more research needs to be conducted: the case of Nicomedia should be compared, for example, with other regional transit centres such as Ancyra for the potential acceptance of their civic coinage in distant markets or among highly mobile military communities.31

Besides the coins attested in the Balkans, small numbers of coins of Nicomedia were found in the Thoiry Hoard (Yvellines, France),32 and in excavations at Sardeis,33 Olympia (1910–1911),34 Iuliopolis necropolis,35 Dura36, the Athenian agora,37 the forum of Corinth,38 the temple of Apollo Hylates in Curium39, and Andriake (Lycia).40 As chance finds, coins of Nicomedia have been found at Mas d’Agenais’ta (Aquitaine, France),41 Chania on Crete,42 Gaza, Cerasos, Sinope and Amisos.43 Although the find-context of many of these coins is not clear, their owners could have been soldiers, traders or travellers from Nicomedia or other cities. The Nicomedians were active far and wide in the Roman world, leaving traces throughout Asia Minor, Greece, the Balkans, Egypt, North Africa, Italy, Spain, Germany, Gaul and Britain during the High Empire.44 Hence these coins could have belonged to Nicomedians. On the other hand, given that Nicomedia was a port to which many foreigners came, small change was indispensable for the conduct of simple daily transactions in the market. People who passed through Nicomedia and attended its market may have lost or discarded those coins later.45

31 Ibid., p. 618.32 J. Hiernard, ‘Deux monnaies “impériales grecques” trouvées en Poitou’, Bulletin de la Société des

Antiquaires de l’Ouest et des Musées de Poitiers XIV (1978), p. 393, no. 6.33 A. Johnston, T.V. Buttrey, K.M. Mackenzie, M.L. Bates, Greek, Roman and Islamic Coins from

Sardis (Cambridge 1981), p. 27.34 G. Stumpf, Numismatische Studien zur Chronologie der römischen Statthalter in Kleinasien (122 v.

Chr.-163 n.Chr.), (Saarbrücken 1991), pp. 63, 120q.35 M. Arslan, ‘Iuliopolis Nekropolü Kharon Sikkeleri’, in Dörtlük et al. (eds), Proceedings (n. 10

above), pp. 13-25. 36 Jones, ‘A numismatic riddle’ (n. 12 above), p. 322, Table 5.37 J. Kroll, A.S. Walker, The Greek Coins, The Athenian Agora, Vol. 26 (Princeton 1993), pp. 858-60.38 J.E. Fisher, ‘Coins: Corinth excavations, 1977, Forum south-west’, Hesperia 53/2, (1984), p. 220.39 D.H. Cox, Coins from the Excavations at Curium, 1932-1953 (New York 1959), p. ix.40 S. Bulut, M. Sengül, ‘2009-2010 yılı kazılarında bulunan sikkeler üzerine ön Rapor’, in N. Çevik (ed.),

Arkeolojisinden Dogasına Myra/Demre ve Çevresi (2010), p. 120.41 Hiernard 1978 (n. 31 above), p. 395 no. 26.42 Paris BnF Inv. 1992/1168. 43 Jones, ‘A numismatic riddle’ (n. 12 above), p. 327 Table 8. 44 W. Ruge, ‘Nikomedeia’, RE XXXIII, p. 483; L. Robert, ‘Documents d’Asie Mineure, 6. Épitaphes

de Nicomédie’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 102 (1978), pp. 408–428; M.J. Osborne, S.G. Byrne, The Foreign Residents of Athens: an Annex to the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names: Attica. Studia Hellenistica 33 (Leuven 1996), pp. 246–8; M. Dana, Culture et mobilité dans le Pont-Euxin. Approche régionale de la vie culturelle des cités grecques. Ausonius, Scripta Antiqua 37 (Bordeaux 2011).

45 Güney, ‘The coin circulation of Roman Nicomedia’, p. 290.

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CATALOGUE

C. Papirius Carbo

Obv. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ; head of Zeus head, right. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΑΠΙΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΡΒΩΝΟΣ; below, ΡΩΜΗ. Roma seated; in l. field, or . Recueil 1-2.

1. İstanbul Inv. 1275-4 6.74g 5h 22mm2. İstanbul Inv. 762-898 6.85g 12h 21mm3. İznik Inv. 5280 7.22g 12h 24-25mm4. İznik Inv. 5136 7.84g 12h 23-24mm5. İznik Inv. 2054 8.40g 12h 23mm

Obv. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ. Female head, right. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΑΠΙΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΡΒΩΝΟΣ. Artemis standing left, holding torch and bow;

in l. field or . Recueil 3-4.

6. İznik Inv. 4941 5.40g 12h 21mm7. Bolu Inv. 137 5.40g 12h 20-21mm8. İstanbul Inv. 762-899 4.79g 1h 19mm

Obv. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ. Head of Roma, right. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ [ΠΑ]ΠΙΡΙΟ[Υ] [ΚΑΡΒΩΝΟΣ]. Nike standing left; in l. field, . Recueil 5.

9. Naples Inv. 35687 3.80g 12h 15-16 mm

Augustus

Obv. [Ν]ΙΚΟΜΗΔΕ[ΩΝ]. Bare head of emperor, right.Rev. ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΘΩΡΙΟΥ [ΦΛΑΚ]ΚΟΥ ΕΙΡΗΝΗ. Eirene standing to l., holding

caduceus; in inner r. field. (Proconsul Thorius Flaccus). RPC I, 2062; Recueil 10.

10. İstanbul Inv. 762-900 9.78 g 12h 24mm

Obv. [Η]ΡΑ ΛΑΝΟΙΑ ΝΙΚΟΜΗ. Draped bust of Juno Lanuvia, right.Rev. ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΘΩΡΙΟΥ. Boar standing r.; below, . RPC I, 2063 Recueil 11.

11. İstanbul Inv. 35686 6.60g 12h 11-12mm

Claudius

Obv. [ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ] ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ Γ[ΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ]. Laureate head of emperor, left. Rev. [ΕΠΙ Π ΠΑΣΙ]ΔΙΗΝΟΥ ΦΙΡΜΟΥ ΑΝΘ[ΥΠΑΤΟΥ] around [Β] ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣ ΤΗΣ

ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ and (Proconsul P. Pasidienus Firmus). RPC I, 2080; Recueil 19.

12. İstanbul Inv. 762-908 10.19g 7h 22mm

Domitian

Obv. [Α]ΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ [ΓΕΡΜ]. Laureate head of emperor, right.Rev. Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΤΗ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑΣ. Serpent on prow, left; above, .

RPC II, 660; Recueil 33.



Obv. ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ. Laureate head of emperor, right.Rev. Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ in centre; around, [ΚΑΙ] ΠΡΩΤΗ ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑΣ [ΚΑΙ

ΠΟΝΤ]. RPC II, 661 Recueil 36.


Trajan

Obv. [ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ] ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑ [ΓΕΡΜ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ Κ[ΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑΣ]; in field l. and r., . Turreted

bust of Tyche, left. RPC III, 1089; Recueil 40 corr..

15. Naples Inv. 35688 7.10g 6h 27-28mm

Antinoos

Obv. ΗΡΩC ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΣ. Bare head of Antinoos, right. Rev. Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ. Hermes, standing, head left, chlamys on left arm.

Recueil 43.

16. Naples Inv. 35689 5.90g 6h 18-19mm

Obv. [ΗΡΩC] ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΣ. Bare head of Antinoos, right. Rev. Η ΜΗ[ΤΡΟΠΟ]ΛΙΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ[Α]. Bull standing right. Recueil 44.

17. Naples Inv. 35690 6.60g 6h 19-20mm

Antoninus Pius

Obv. [ΑΥΤ] ΚΑΙΣΑΡ [ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ. Galley left under full sail. Recueil 74.


Obv. [ΑΥΤ] ΚΑΙΣΑΡ [ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ]. Laureate head of the emperor, right. Rev. ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ [ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑΣ]. Coiled serpent. Recueil 59.

19. İstanbul Inv. 98a-1148 6.21g 8h 19mm

Obv. [ΑΥΤ] ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙC ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ. Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and long

torch. Recueil 48 (cat. 20-21), and 49 (cat. 22-23).

20. İznik Inv. 905 6.78g 6h 22-23mm21. Naples Inv. 35691 6.05g 6h 19-20mm (On rev., unclear countermark.)22. Naples Inv. 35694 2.90g 6h 15-16mm23. İstanbul Inv. 762-905 3.78g 7h 16mm

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ. Terminal figure of Hermes standing facing on base,

veiled and draped, hands crossed across his chest. Recueil 67.

24. Naples Inv. 35692 4.00g 12h 15-16mm25. Naples Inv. 35693 3.30g 6h 15-16mm

Obv. ΑΝΤΩ. Bare head of the emperor, right. Rev. ΝΕΙΚΟ. Grain ears in modius. Recueil 76.

26. Naples Inv. 35695 2.50g 6h 13mm

ANCIENT 423

Marcus Aurelius

Obv. ΑΥ[Τ] [Κ] Μ ΑΥΡ [ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ]. Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of emperor, right.Rev. ΜΗΤ Ν[ΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜ]. Nike advancing right with wreath and palm. Unclear

countermark. Recueil 90.

27. İstanbul Inv. 98a-366 9.49g 6h 23-24mm

Obv. [ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ] ΑΝΤ[ΩΝΙΝΟΣ]. Head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΕΙΚΟ[ΜΗΔΕΙΑC]. Two tunny fish in opposite directions. Recueil 102; SNG

Copenhagen 559.

28. İstanbul Inv. 650-595 3.27g 10h 13-14mm

Obv. [ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ] ΑΝΤ[ΩΝΕΙΝ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. [ΜΗΤ ΝΙΚΟ] . Legend barely legible. The hero Astakos (Tyche?), head left, holding

sceptre, stepping on prow right. SNG von Aulock 758.

29. İstanbul Inv. 1236-2 3.05g 6 h 15-16mm

Obv. [ΑΥΤ ΚΑ]Ι Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. [ΑΥΤ Κ Λ] ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡ[ΟC ΝΙΚΟΜ]. Bare head of Lucius Verus, right. Recueil 113.


Obv. [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ] ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ[ΩΝΙΝΟΣ]. Laureate bust of emperor, right.Rev. Legend illegible. Kybele enthroned left. Countermark. Recueil 109 (obv. Faustina).

31. İstanbul Inv. 98a-1153 10.00 g 7h 22-23mm

Obv. [ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ]. Legend illegible. Laureate bust of emperor, right. Rev. ΜΗ[Τ ΝΕΩΚ] ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, to right; to

right, two corn-ears, to left, unclear countermark. Recueil 93.


Obv. Legend illegible. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. [MHT] ΝΕΩ [ΝΙΚΟΜ]. Eagle standing, right, wings spread, fighting serpent. Recueil

99; SNG von Aulock 757.


Obv. ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ. Zeus seated, l., holding patera and long sceptre.

Lindgren 165. H. C. Lindgren-F. L. Kovacs, Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant, California 1985.

34. İznik Inv. 2650 6.22g 7h 23-24mm

Faustina the Younger

Obv. [ΦΑΥΣT]ΕΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ ΣΕΒ[ΑΣΤΗ]. Draped bust of Faustina II, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕ[Ι] ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ. Lighted torch entwined by serpent, surmounted by two

poppies and decorated with two ears of corn. Recueil 107.

35. İstanbul Inv. 947-10 4.86g 12h 19mm36. Naples Inv. 35696 5.00g 7h 18mm37. Naples Inv. 35697 5.15g 6h 19mm


Obv. [Φ]ΑΥCΤΕΙΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ. Draped bust of Faustina II, right. Rev. ΜΗΤ [ΝΕΩ] ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ. Aphrodite seated on rock, l., holding apple, resting arm on

rock. Recueil 104.

38. İznik Inv. 2570 7.54g 7h 25-27mm

Commodus

Obv. ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ [ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ Κ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΜΗΤΡΟ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜΗ[ΔΕΙΑΣ]. Homonoia, holding cornucopia and pouring

libation from patera over a tripod altar. Recueil 149.

39. İznik Inv. 5201 8.90g 2h 24mm

Obv. [Λ ΑΥ]ΡΗΛΙ[ΟΣ] ΚΟΜ[ΟΔΟΣ]. Bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right.

Rev. [MHT] ΝΕΩΚ [ΝΙΚΟ]ΜΗΔ. Nike advancing, right, holding wreath and palm-branch. Recueil 131.


Obv. [ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ] ΚΟΜΟ[Δ ΑΝΤΩ]. Laureate bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right, with Nike countermark.

Rev. ΜΗΤ Ν[ΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜ]. Nude Poseidon standing right with foot on rock, holding trident and dolphin. Recueil 145.


Obv. [Λ ΑΥΡ Κ]ΟΜΟΔΟΣ Κ. Bare head of Commodus (youthful) (with traces of drapery), right.

Rev. [M]ΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜ. Eros seated on dolphin, right, holding whip. Recueil 124.

42. İznik Inv. 1864 2.61g 6h 18mm

Obv. Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ. Laureate head of Commodus, right. Rev. ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ KAI ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑΣ. Galley with five rowers,

l.; on stern, two standards. Recueil 138.

43. Naples Inv. 11272 4.66g 2h 18-20mm

Obv. ΑΥΓ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ. Laureate head of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right.

Rev. ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Octostyle temple with triangular pediment. Recueil 163 (cat. 44) eagle in pediment and 162 (cat. 45) pellet in pediment.

44. Naples Inv. 35698 25.82g 7h 32-33mm45. Naples Inv. 35699 10.40g 7h 25mm (On obv. two countermarks.)

Obv. [AY] Μ ΑΥ ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ. Laureate bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right.Rev. ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜΗ. Athena standing, l., holding galley, shield on the left and spear.

Recueil 143.

46. Naples Inv. 35700 13.20g 7h 24-26mm

Obv. [AY K Μ ΑΥΡ] ΚΟΜΟ [ΑΝΤΩ]. Laureate head of Commodus, right. Rev. [ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ] ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔ. Eagle standing, facing, head to right, spread wings, fighting

serpent coiled around it; in exergue countermark of a head (of the emperor?). Recueil 158.

47. Naples Inv. 35701 8.30g 6h 22-24mm

ANCIENT 425

Obv. [Α Κ] Μ ΑΥ ΚΟ [ΑΝΤ]ΩΝΙΝ. Laureate head of Commodus, right. Rev. ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜΗ. Coiled serpent, head left. Recueil 147; ANS 1944.100.42302.

48. Naples Inv. 35702 5.10g 7h 18-19mm

Obv. […ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ] ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ. Bare head of Commodus (youthful), right. Rev. [ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΝΕΩ] ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche,

right. Recueil 127.

49. Naples Inv. 35703 9.60g 12h 23-24mm

Septimius Severus

Obv. ΑΥ Κ Λ ΣΕΠ [ΣΕΥΗ]ΡΟΣ Π[ΕΣ]. Bearded laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.

Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Demeter standing, l., holding two ears of corn and long sceptre: Recueil 171, SNG von Aulock 744.)

50. İstanbul Inv. 4702 10.73g 7h 24mm

Obv. ΣΕΠΤΙ ΣΕΥΗΡΟΣ Π. Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ [ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ]. Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from

patera; countermark of head of emperor (?). Similar type hitherto known only for Tranquillina (Recueil 375).


Obv. [ΑΥ Κ Λ ΣΕΠ ΣΕΥ]ΗΡΟΣ [Π]. Radiate, cuirassed bust of emperor, right.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ [ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ]. Herakles standing right, right hand behind

back, resting on club set on rock. Recueil 174.

52. Naples Inv. 35704 22.35g 7h 31-32mm

Obv. ΑΥ Κ Λ ΣΕΠ ΣΕΥΗΡΟΣ Π. Radiate, cuirassed bust of emperor, right.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Octostyle temple with triangular pediment;

countermark of head of the emperor (?). Recueil 178.

53. Naples Inv. 35705 19.38g 1h 28-30mm

Obv. ΑΥ Κ Λ ΣΕΠΤΙ ΣΕΥΗΡΟC Π. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Octostyle temple with triangular pediment;

countermark of head of emperor (?). Recueil 185.

54. Naples Inv. 35706 12.85g 5h 25-26mm

Obv. [ΑΥ Κ Λ ΣΕΠ] ΣΕΥΗΡΟΣ ΠΣ. Radiate head of emperor, right.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Galley with six rowers. Recueil 188.


Caracalla

Obv. ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ. Laureate head of the emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚ[ΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ] ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre.

Recueil 203.

56. İstanbul Inv. 650-610 11.54g 1h 23-25mm57. İstanbul Inv. 762-913 9.80g 1h 23-24mm


Obv. ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Octostyle temple with triangular pediment.

Recueil 245 (head radiate on obv.).


Obv. ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Apollo standing to right, holding lyre and

plectrum. Recueil 220.

59. İstanbul Inv. 762-903 12.24g 7 h 24-25mm

Obv. Μ ΑΥΡ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Athena standing left, holding patera and spear,

shield on the left. Recueil 209 (different legend on obv.).


Obv. [ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ] ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Serapis, wearing modius, standing left, holding

sceptre in right hand, and raising his left hand or holding an indistinct object. Recueil 206.

61. Sakarya Inv. 2005-15 7.72g 12h 25-26mm62. Naples Inv. 35708 12.10g 1h 24-25mm

Obv. [ΑΝΤΩ]ΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ. Radiate (?) head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Demeter, standing left, holding grain ears and

torch. Recueil 214.

63. İznik Inv. 668 11.37g 2h 26-27mm

Obv. Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΑΥΓΟΥ[ΣΤΟΣ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Asklepios standing right, head left, leaning on

serpent staff. Recueil 224.

64. Naples Inv. 35707 14.50g 7h 28-29mm

Obv. ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ [ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Nemesis standing, raising left hand, holding

sceptre/stick in right hand, wheel at feet. Recueil 228.

65. Naples Inv. 35709 6.27g 1h 21-22mm

Diadumenianus

Obv. Μ Ο ΑΝΤ ΔΙΑΔΟΥΜΕΝΙΑ[ΝΟΣ Κ]. Bare head of emperor, right.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Erect serpent, head left. Recueil 273.

66. Naples Inv. 35710 3.10g 2h 16mm

Elagabalus

Obv. [Μ ΑΥΡΗ Α]ΝΤ[ΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΑΥΓΟΥ] . Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ [ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΑ]. Prize urn inscribed [AΝΤΩΝΙΑ]

containing palm. Recueil 281.


ANCIENT 427

Severus Alexander

Obv. [Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΑΥΓ]. Legend illegible. Bare head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Homonoia standing left, holding patera and

cornucopia. SNG von Aulock 783.


Obv. [Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥΗ] ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ [ΑΥΓ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Poseidon standing left, holding trident in right

hand, dolphin in left. Recueil 288.


Obv. [Μ ΑΥΡ] ΣΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑ[ΝΔΡΟΣ ΑΥΓ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. [ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕ]ΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟ[ΡΩΝ]. Veiled Demeter, standing left, holding grain

ears and torch. Recueil 292.

70. İstanbul Inv. 98a-374 7.35g 1h 21-22mm71. İstanbul Inv. 650-614 7.03g 6h 21mm

Obv. Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞ[ΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΑΥΓ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. [ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ] ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Leda (?), half naked, standing right offering

fruits to a swan to right. Recueil 316.


Obv. [Μ] ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ [ΑΥΓ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ [ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ]. Emperor on horseback charging right. Recueil 321.


Obv. Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ. Radiate head of emperor, right; countermark with Δ.Rev. [ΝΙΚΟ]ΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Hermes, standing, holding caduceus in right

hand, and raising left hand. SNG von Aulock 7112.


Obv. [Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥΗ ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ [ΑΥΓ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩ[ΚΟΡΩΝ]. Three military standards. Recueil 330.


Obv. . [Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥΗ] ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ [ΑΥΓ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟ[ΡΩΝ]. Dikaiosyne-Aequitas, standing left, polos on

head, holding scales and cornucopia, wheel at feet. Recueil 303.


Obv. [Μ ΑΥΡ] ΣΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΑΥΓ. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔ[ΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕ]ΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Theseus standing left, head right, holding club

and kneeling Minotaur by horns. SNG von Aulock 784.



Julia Mamaea

Obv. ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑ[ΜΑΙΑ ΑΥΓ]. Draped bust right.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ. Female figure wearing helmet (Athena/Hygieia),

seated left, feeding serpent from patera, shield at feet. Recueil 331.


Maximinus Thrax

Obv. [Γ ΙΟΥ] ΟΥΗ ΜΑΣΜΕΙΝΟΣ [ΑΥΓ]. Laureate head of emperor, right; countermark with Δ.

Rev. [ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕ]ΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ [ΩΝ]. Serapis standing left with raised hand and leaning on sceptre. Type hitherto known only for Trajan Decius O. Tekin, Yapı Kredi Koleksiyonu Grek ve Roma Sikkeleri (Istanbul 1994) 140. (Recueil 205-206) and Gordian III (Recueil 363).


Obv. Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟΣ [ΑΥΓ]. Radiate bust of emperor, right; countermark with Δ.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Tyche standing left, holding rudder and

cornucopia. ANS 1953.171.491. http://numismatics.org/collection/1953.171.491


Obv. [Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟΣ ΑΥΓ]. Legend illegible. Laureate head of Maximinus, right.

Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗ[ΔΕΩΝ] ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Homonoia, standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. Recueil 341.


Obv. [Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ] ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟΣ [ΑΥΓ]. Laureate head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗ[ΔΕΩΝ] [ΔΙΣ] ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Female deity (Aphrodite?), naked to waist,

standing right, left leg raised with foot resting on low square base, resting left elbow on column, hand with palm upright. Ref. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/maximinus_I/_nicomedia_Owens_794.txt

82. İznik Inv. 21 5.30g 2h 22-23mm83. İstanbul Inv. 650-632 7.09g 12h 22mm

Gordian IIIObv. Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΥ. Radiate bust of emperor, right.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Serapis, wearing modius, standing left, holding

sceptre in right hand and two grain ears in raised left. O. Tekin, Yapı Kredi Koleksiyonu Grek ve Roma Sikkeleri (İstanbul 1994) 115-117.

84. İstanbul Inv. 807-17 12.87g 7h 25-28mm85. İstanbul Inv. 960-41 10.45g 12h 23-25mm

Obv. Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΥ[Γ]. Radiate bust of emperor, right; countermark with Η. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗ[ΔΕΩΝ] ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ.. Tyche standing left, holding rudder and

cornucopia. SNG von Aulock 825.


ANCIENT 429

Tranquillina

Obv. ΣΑΒΕΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙ. Βust of Tranquillina, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟ. Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent. Recueil 375.


Obv. [Σ]ΑΒΕΙ[ΝΙΑ] [Τ]ΡΑΝΚΥ[ΛΛΕΙ]. Bust of Tranquillina, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩ[Ν] ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟ. Veiled Demeter standing left, holding two ears of

corn and torch. Recueil 372.

88. Naples Inv. 35711 5.60g 1h 20-21mm

Philip I

Obv. [Μ Ι]ΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠ[ΟΣ ΑΥΓ]. Radiate bust of emperor, right.Rev. [ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕ]ΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕ[ΩΚΟΡΩΝ]. Lectisternium. Recueil 377.

89. İstanbul Inv. 757-139 9.72g 7/4?h 24-25mm

Otacilia Severa

Obv. Μ ΟΤΑΚΙΛΑΙΑ ΣΕΥΗΡΑ [ΑΥ]. Βust of Otacilia Severa, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟ[ΜΗΔΕΩ]Ν ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟ[ΡΩΝ]. Busts of Serapis and Isis facing; between

them, Harpocrates, being suckled by Isis. Recueil 380.

90. Naples Inv. 35712 10.60g 8h 24mm91. Naples Inv. 11273 18.11g 7h 24-25mm

Philip II

Obv. M IΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠ[ΠΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ]. Bare head of emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Demeter seated left on cista, holding long torch

in left hand, grain ears in right hand; wheel and serpent under cista. Recueil 383.


Trajan Decius

Obv. [ΑΥΤ] ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ [ΔΕΚΙΟΣ ΑΥΓ ΣΕ]. Radiate bust of emperor, left, with shield. Rev. [ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ] ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Emperor on horseback charging right, an enemy

at horse’s feet. Recueil 395; SNG von Aulock 7130.


Trebonianus Gallus

Obv. Γ ΒΙ ΤΕΡΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟΣ ΑΥ. Radiate bust of emperor, right.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ [ΔΙΣ Ν]ΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; in left field, Γ. Recueil 398.

94. İstanbul Inv. 4723 5.40g 7h 19-20mm

Obv. [Γ] ΒΙ ΤΕΡ ΓΑΛΛΟΣ Α[Υ]. Radiate bust of emperor, right (95), and left, with shield (96).

Rev. ΝΙΚΟ[ΜΗΔΕΩ]Ν ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟ[ΡΩΝ]. Emperor on horseback charging right. Recueil 401.

95. İstanbul Inv. 14836 5.17g 2h 19-20mm Rev. legend barely visible. 96. İznik Inv. 1193 6.47g 6h 23mm


Valerian I

Obv. ΠΟ ΛΙ[Κ ΟΥΑΛ]ΕΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΥΓ. Radiate bust of emperor, right.Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Emperor on horseback charging right. Recueil 404.


Obv. ΠΟ ΛΙ[Κ] ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΣ [ΑΥΓ]. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Three temples with statues; on top of middle

temple, Demeter holding torch; on top of other temples, Nike. SNG von Aulock 7139.

98. İznik Inv. 5060 7.64g 1h 24-26mm

Gallienus

Obv. ΠΟ ΛΙ ΕΓΝ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟΣ ΑΥ[Γ]. Radiate bust of the emperor, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕ[ΩΝ] ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Three prize urns containing palms. Recueil 415.

99. İstanbul Inv. 650-628 8.20g 1h 21-22mm100. Naples Inv. 35713 7.20g 12h 20-22mm

Salonina

Obv. ΚΟΡΝ ΣΑΛΩΝΕΙΝΑ. Βust of Salonina, left. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΤΡΙΣ [ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ]. Tyche standing left holding rudder and

cornucopia. Recueil 419.

101. İstanbul Inv. 762-884 5.92g 8h 20-21mm102. İstanbul Inv. 762-921 5.97g 2h 18-19mm (Obv. head to right.)

Obv. [ΚΟΡΝ ΣΑΛΩΝΕΙΝΑ]. Bust of Salonina, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΩ[ΚΟΡΩΝ]. Artemis Phosphorus, standing holding a torch

in each hand. Recueil 418.


Obv. ΚΟΡΝΗΛ ΣΑΛΩΝΕΙΝΑ. Βust of Salonina, right. Rev. ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ [ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟ]ΡΩΝ. Isis Pharia, standing right, with sail. Recueil 421.

104. Naples Inv. 35714 6.45g 1h 20-21mm

Uncertain of Bithynia

Obv. Head of Trajan, right. Rev. ΔΙΟΣ, altar with double doors. RPC III, 1159.


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