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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsman, post: 3450481, member: 99177&quot;]It was time to purchase another coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This nice one was delivered a view days ago.</p><p>I bought this coin for different reasons.</p><p>In the first place, I simply love this portrait of Severus Alexander. The patina makes it even more beautiful......</p><p>In the second place, it&#039;s my first coin form the interesting ancient city of Nicaea.</p><p>This city is located within the modern Turkish city of Iznik (whose modern name derives from Nicaea&#039;s). </p><p>In the third place, the reverse for me is interesting with the three standards, and especially the ones with those capricons on top. This type with the capricorns on the standards is also a bit rarer than the ones without the animals.... </p><p><br /></p><p>Always nice to see other coins from Nicaea <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916753[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander. </p><p>Bronze of Nicaea in Bithynia. </p><p>20-21mm; 4.86g; 8h.</p><p>Obv. M AVP CЄV AΛЄΞANΔPOC AVΓ, Laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed head right.</p><p>REv. NIKAIEΩN between 3 standards, center one with wreath, flanked on either side by standards topped with Capricorns.</p><p>Unlisted Type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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