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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2486612, member: 75937&quot;]Does anyone have a reference for this little bronze from Nicaea, Bithynia?</p><p><br /></p><p>3.08 g, 15.8 mm</p><p>Obv: ΠΛΑVΤΙΛΛΑ CEΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and dr. bust, r.</p><p>Rev: ΝΙΚΑ-ΙΕΩΝ, goddess (Demeter? Homonoia?) standing l., holding (patera and?) long torch/scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525576[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, other examples of this little coin have been for sale in a couple of places.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG: <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=95156" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=95156" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=95156</a></p><p>Tom Vossen: <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/cn/stores/tom_vossen/165/product/bithynia_nikaia_plautilla_augusta_202205_ad_ae_17mm_327_gm_cf_rg_494_pl_lxxx_3_ae_27mm/662277/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/cn/stores/tom_vossen/165/product/bithynia_nikaia_plautilla_augusta_202205_ad_ae_17mm_327_gm_cf_rg_494_pl_lxxx_3_ae_27mm/662277/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/cn/stores/tom_vossen/165/product/bithynia_nikaia_plautilla_augusta_202205_ad_ae_17mm_327_gm_cf_rg_494_pl_lxxx_3_ae_27mm/662277/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, each of these dealers shows a little coin--about an AE 17, with a reverse similar to or matching mine. Each of them says to compare the coin to Waddington&#039;s <i>Recueil General Des Monnaies Grecques D&#039;Asie Mineure</i>, 494, pl. LXXX.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that catalog listing is for an AE 27--quite a bit bigger and it has a different obverse legend:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525579[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, CNG and Vossen say the goddess is Demeter, probably because of the similar coin in Waddington. I&#039;m not so sure. I believe in my coin (the photo doesn&#039;t show it all that well but Vossen&#039;s does) shows a figure standing holding a patera and scepter, which would suggest it is Homonoia/Concordia. Indeed, compare the reverse to an imperial issue of Plautilla with Concordia on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525580[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]525581[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone have any more info on this little coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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