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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Egypt| > RX72854
Numerian, February or March 283 - October or November 284 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
|Roman| |Egypt|, |Numerian,| |February| |or| |March| |283| |-| |October| |or| |November| |284| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Provincial| |Egypt|, Victory or Nike is seen with wings in most statues and paintings, with one of the most famous being the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Most other winged deities in the Greek pantheon had shed their wings by Classical times. Nike is the goddess of strength, speed, and victory. Nike was a very close acquaintance of Athena and is thought to have stood in Athena's outstretched hand in the statue of Athena located in the Parthenon. Victory or Nike is also one of the most commonly portrayed figures on Greek and Roman coins.
RX72854. Billon tetradrachm, Dattari 5611; Milne 4724 var. (unbroken leg.); BMC Alexandria 2467 var. (no star); Geissen 3195 var. (same); Kampmann 114.9; Emmett 4022/2A (R3), Choice VF, highlighting patina, Alexandria mint, weight 8.197g, maximum diameter 20.3mm, die axis 0o, as Augustus, c. 29 Aug 283 - 28 Aug 284 A.D.; obverse A K M A NOVM-EPIANOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Nike advancing right, raising wreath in extended right hand, palm frond in left hand over left shoulder, L - B (year 2 of Carus) divided across field, star lower right; very rare; SOLD










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