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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2664363, member: 83956&quot;]So I&#039;m still cataloguing this coin donation and I ran across this one. Most of the Nicaea provincial coin reverses feature military standards with rings at the top. This one shows a ring in the middle, but what appear to be two animals on the left and right standards. (The one on the right looks like a t-rex!) Any idea on what might be on these standards? Here&#039;s my description so far. (I&#039;ve had to make an educated guess as to the obverse legend.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EMPEROR: </b>Severus Alexander</p><p><b>REIGNED: </b>222-235 A. D.</p><p><b>DATE STRUCK: </b></p><p><b>TYPE: </b>AE21, Bithynia, Provincial Bronze of Nicaea</p><p><b>SIZE: </b>21.45 mm.</p><p><b>WEIGHT: </b>5.51 g.</p><p><b>DIE AXIS: </b>Ca. 0°</p><p><b>OBVERSE: </b>M AVP CEV AΛEΞANΔΡOC AV; laureate draped bust of Severus Alexander right.</p><p><b>REVERSE: </b>N-IK-AI-E between three legionary standards; the central one is topped by a ring; the other two topped by other animals—a scarcer variant of the three ringed standards variety.</p><p><b>EXERGUE: </b>ΩN</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591748[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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