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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3450604, member: 75937&quot;]Nice example, [USER=99177]@Marsman[/USER] ! I have one of the better-documented varieties of this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916826[/ATTACH] </p><p>Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 21.5 mm, 4.57 gm.</p><p>Bithynia, Nicaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Obv: Μ ΑVΡ CΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC ΑV, radiate and draped bust, r., seen from behind.</p><p>Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙΕ-ΩΝ between three standards.</p><p>Refs: SNG von Aulock 634; SNG Copenhagen 520 var; Sear 3287 var. (laureate bust).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not surprised the OP coin is unlisted. The major references for Nicaea are Waddington&#039;s <i><a href="http://people.virginia.edu/~jdk3t/RG/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://people.virginia.edu/~jdk3t/RG/" rel="nofollow">Recueil General</a> Des Monnaies Grecques D&#039;Asie Mineure</i>, The various <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/volumes/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/volumes/" rel="nofollow">RPC</a> volumes (arranged by reign, not geography), Mionnet <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X0oGAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=titlepage&amp;hl=en#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X0oGAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=titlepage&amp;hl=en#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">Supplement 5</a>, SNG von Aulock, Lindgren I, and SNG Copenhagen. Nonetheless, there are a LOT of coins from this city that have yet to be described in the literature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple from my collection that are not in any of these to the best of my knowledge.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/plautilla-nicaea-jpg.745315/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Plautilla, AD 202-205</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 15.8 mm, 3.08 g</p><p>Bithynia, Nicaea</p><p>Obv: ΠΛΑVΤΙΛΛΑ CEΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and dr. bust, right</p><p>Rev: ΝΙΚΑ-ΙΕΩΝ, Demeter standing left, holding long torch.</p><p>Refs: BMC --; Sear --; RG --; Lindgren I --; SNG von Aulock --; SNG Copenhagen --; Mionnet Suppl 5 --.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-nicaea-eagle-assarion-jpg.787193/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ (1 assarion?) 17.6 mm, 3.78 g.</p><p>Bithynia, Nicaea, AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p>Right: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, eagle standing right.</p><p>Refs: Recueil Général --; BMC --; Sear --; RG --; Lindgren I --; SNG von Aulock --; SNG Copenhagen --; Mionnet Suppl 5 --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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