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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 5365074, member: 91461&quot;]What a wild ride and lovely coin. Though, I do prefer the coin before cleaning, (I personally prefer old cabinet toning and maybe some deposits of earth over shiny silver coins when it comes to ancients). But I still really like your coin.</p><p>I think you&#039;re right that the chip, that takes nothing away from the coin nor its devices, is the reason you got such a good deal.</p><p>Though it&#039;s a long way in time from your new beauty, I do happen to have exactly one coin from Nicaea to add:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228114[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>BITHYNIA. Nicaea, wife of Septimius Severus. Augusta, 193-217 AD. Æ 32mm (23.36 g). Struck 208/209 AD. IVΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right; c/m: Nike standing right holding wreath / A[ΓO]NOΘECIA, NIKAIEΩN in exergue, athlete seated left, holding prize crown in right hand, long palm in left; agonistic urn on ground before. RG - (same obverse die as pl. lxxvii, 13); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Howgego 254 (for countermark). Near VF, dark brown patina.</p><p>In 208/209 AD, the city of Nicaea celebrated the Philadelphian games to honor the fraternity of Caracalla and Geta.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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