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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4082500, member: 57495"][ATTACH=full]1064606[/ATTACH]<b>KINGDOM OF BITHYNIA. Prusias II Cynegus</b></p><p>AE22. 6.38g, 21.9mm. Nikomedia mint, circa 182-149 BC. SNG Cop 635; RecGen 26; HGC 7, 629. O: Wreathed head of Dionysos right. R: BASILEWS BAΣILEΩΣ ΠPOYΣIOY, Centaur (Chiron) advancing right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg.</p><p><i>Ex stevex6 Collection; ex Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>One from the Republican period...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064608[/ATTACH]<b>BITHYNIA, Nikomedia</b></p><p>AE25. 8.4g, 25.2mm. BITHYNIA, Nikomedia, 59/8 BC .C. Papirius Carbo, Proconsul of Bithynia et Pontus (62-59 BC). HGC 7. 596 (R1); SNG Cop 545. O: NIKOMHΔEΩN, Laureate head of Zeus right. R: ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ / ΠΑΠΙΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΡΒΩΝΟΣ, Roma seated left on shields, holding Nike and spear; PΩMH in exergue, ΔΚΣ (date) beneath throne.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Roman provincial:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064611[/ATTACH]<b>PLAUTILLA</b></p><p>AE Assarion. 3.68g, 19.4mm. BITHYNIA, Nicomedia, circa AD 202-205. RG 253 (same obv. die); Lindgren & Kovacs 172 (same obv. die). O: ΦOY ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBA-CTH, draped bust right. R: NIKOMHΔEΩN - ΔIC NEΩKO/PΩN (second neocorate), (Female?) Ichthyocentaur, diademed, nude, with forefeet of horse and serpentine-shaped fishtail, riding left over waves, holding rudder over left shoulder and in extended right hand unknown object (dolphin?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Two Imperial favorites...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064612[/ATTACH]<b>LICINIUS I</b></p><p>AE Follis. 7.41g, 22.8mm. Nicomedia mint, circa AD 311. RIC VI Nicomedia 69a corr. (no eagle at feet). O: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right. R: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, chlamys hanging behind, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; A in right field, SMN in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064613[/ATTACH]<b>MAXIMIANUS</b></p><p>AR Argenteus. 3.11g, 17.9mm. Nicomedia mint, circa AD 295-296. RIC VI Nicomedia 25b; RSC 553c. O: MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right. R: VICTORIAE SARMATICAE, campgate with four turrets, doors open, and star above archway; SMNΓ in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4082500, member: 57495"][ATTACH=full]1064606[/ATTACH][B]KINGDOM OF BITHYNIA. Prusias II Cynegus[/B] AE22. 6.38g, 21.9mm. Nikomedia mint, circa 182-149 BC. SNG Cop 635; RecGen 26; HGC 7, 629. O: Wreathed head of Dionysos right. R: BASILEWS BAΣILEΩΣ ΠPOYΣIOY, Centaur (Chiron) advancing right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg. [I]Ex stevex6 Collection; ex Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection[/I] One from the Republican period... [ATTACH=full]1064608[/ATTACH][B]BITHYNIA, Nikomedia[/B] AE25. 8.4g, 25.2mm. BITHYNIA, Nikomedia, 59/8 BC .C. Papirius Carbo, Proconsul of Bithynia et Pontus (62-59 BC). HGC 7. 596 (R1); SNG Cop 545. O: NIKOMHΔEΩN, Laureate head of Zeus right. R: ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ / ΠΑΠΙΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΡΒΩΝΟΣ, Roma seated left on shields, holding Nike and spear; PΩMH in exergue, ΔΚΣ (date) beneath throne. A Roman provincial: [ATTACH=full]1064611[/ATTACH][B]PLAUTILLA[/B] AE Assarion. 3.68g, 19.4mm. BITHYNIA, Nicomedia, circa AD 202-205. RG 253 (same obv. die); Lindgren & Kovacs 172 (same obv. die). O: ΦOY ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBA-CTH, draped bust right. R: NIKOMHΔEΩN - ΔIC NEΩKO/PΩN (second neocorate), (Female?) Ichthyocentaur, diademed, nude, with forefeet of horse and serpentine-shaped fishtail, riding left over waves, holding rudder over left shoulder and in extended right hand unknown object (dolphin?). Two Imperial favorites... [ATTACH=full]1064612[/ATTACH][B]LICINIUS I[/B] AE Follis. 7.41g, 22.8mm. Nicomedia mint, circa AD 311. RIC VI Nicomedia 69a corr. (no eagle at feet). O: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right. R: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, chlamys hanging behind, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; A in right field, SMN in exergue. [I]Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923)[/I] [ATTACH=full]1064613[/ATTACH][B]MAXIMIANUS[/B] AR Argenteus. 3.11g, 17.9mm. Nicomedia mint, circa AD 295-296. RIC VI Nicomedia 25b; RSC 553c. O: MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right. R: VICTORIAE SARMATICAE, campgate with four turrets, doors open, and star above archway; SMNΓ in exergue.[/QUOTE]
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