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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Bithynia| > RP18401
Julia Mamaea, Augusta 13 March 222 - February or March 235 A.D., Nicaea, Bithynia
|Bithynia|, |Julia| |Mamaea,| |Augusta| |13| |March| |222| |-| |February| |or| |March| |235| |A.D.,| |Nicaea,| |Bithynia|, Nicaea remained an important town throughout the imperial period. Although only 70 km (43 miles) from Constantinople, Nicaea did not lose its importance when Constantinople became the capital of the Eastern Empire. The city suffered from earthquakes in 358, 362 and 368; after the last of which, it was restored by Valens. During the Middle Ages, it was a long time bulwark of the Byzantine emperors against the Turks.
RP18401. Bronze AE 22, RPC Online VI T3149.11, cf. SNG Leipzig 68, SNG Cop 514, Lindgren I A146A, McClean 7498, VF, Nicaea (Iznik, Turkey) mint, weight 5.205g, maximum diameter 21.7mm, die axis 180o, 222 - 235 A.D.; obverse IOYΛIA MAMAEA AVΓ, bare-headed draped bust right, hair in horizontal ridges, with looped plait at the back of neck; reverse three standards, topped with wreaths, dividing inscription NI-KA-EI-ΩN (ΩN ligate); SOLD











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