bgr_591796 - BITHYNIA - KIKAIA Tetrachalque
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Price : 200.00 €
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: an 224
Mint name / Town : Nicée, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et complet. Belle tête de Dionysos. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine épaisse vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Dionysos à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; monogramme sous le cou.
Obverse legend : NIKAIEWN/ DKS
Obverse translation : (de Nicée).
Reverse
Reverse description : Thyrse vertical.
Reverse legend : EPI GAIOU/ PAPIRIOU/ KARBONOU
Reverse translation : (du magistrat Gaius Papirius Carbo).
Commentary
Ce bronze grec est frappé par Gaius Papirius Carbo, proconsul romain de la province de Bithynie-Pont entre 62 à 59 avant J.-C.
Historical background
BITHYNIA - KIKAIA
(1st century BC)
The primitive site was founded under the name of Ancore and renamed under the name of Antigoneia in 316 BC by Antigone le Borgne. After the battle of Ipsos in 301 BC, Lysimachus gave it its definitive name. The city was taken by the king of Bithynia, Zipoites I shortly before the battle of Couroupedion in 281 BC. After the death of Nicomedes IV, and his donation to Rome, Nicaea became one of the most important in the region . The province of Bthynia and Pontus was created by Pompey in 63 BC. For the imperial period, coinage began under Augustus and ended under Quietus.
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