RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 78449)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 78449)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Julia Domna (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ
Edition Ἰουλία Αὐγούστα Ἰουλία Αὐγούστα
Translation Julia Augusta
Obverse design Julia Domna with toga praetexta, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design the four seasons, represented as four boys: on the left, Spring advancing right steadies a basket held with both hands on his head; next Summer advancing right, looking left, brandishes a sickle above his head with his right, and grasps a handful of ears of corn with his left; next Autumn advancing left, looking back, holds in right a hare and in left a dish of fruits; next Winter advancing left, wearing sleeved tunic to knees with cape drawn up over head and boots, holds hare in right and carries over left shoulder a branch from which hangs a dead bird
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.34 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1936,0707.6 NC 1937 pp. 240-3 and Pl. XXXI, 10