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Roland Mueller

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Nikomedes
« on: December 01, 2005, 10:50:27 am »
Here I have a coin with the inscription: NIKOMHDHS, but I didn't found any reverence. Is it either Nicomedia (Bithynia) or a Bithynian King Nikomedes?

AE-16 mm, 2.89 gr.
AV: A goddess? right, (I canot identify the legend), within dotted border
RV: NIKOMH / DHS within a laur. wreath.

Thank you for any help

Roland
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Offline Dapsul

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Re: Nikomedes
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2005, 05:59:59 pm »
It's Tralleis, Lydia. Av. Apollon, legend KAISAREWN; rv. NIKOMHDHC in wreath. Nikomedes is a moneyer's name, and in 26 B.C. Tralleis changed its name to Kaisareia because after an earthquake Augustus helped rebuild the town. It uses this name until the reign of Domitian.
References: BMC 16 339,84
Imhoof-Blumer, Lydische Stadtmünzen 173,21.

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Frank
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Offline Steve Minnoch

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Re: Nikomedes
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2005, 06:17:37 pm »
An additional reference is RPC I 2642.
It is in the Julio-Claudians volume, as the ethnic "is the normal form on coins only between Augustus and Nero".

Steve
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Roland Mueller

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Re: Nikomedes
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2005, 04:08:58 am »
Thanks, Frank and Steve, for identifying this coin. Now it is easy to read KAISAREWN on the avers! One more question mark is blowing away, others are waiting for.

Roland
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