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Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Nacolea, Phrygia
Nakoleia (also known as Nakolaion, Nacoleia, Nacolia or Nacolea) was an ancient and medieval city in Phrygia. It corresponds to present-day Seyitgazi, Eskisehir Province, Turkey. It was named for the nymph Nacole. The area was known for its fertility in late Roman times, thanks to the river Parthenios (Seyit Su), and was wooded in the late 4th century (now deforested). It was there that Valens defeated the usurper Procopius in 366 A.D. at the Battle of Thyatira. Under Arcadius it was occupied by a garrison of Goths under Tribigild who revolted against the emperor in 399 A.D. In the early 8th century, Nakoleia's bishop Constantine became a leading proponent of Byzantine Iconoclasm under Leo III the Isaurian (ruled 717- 741) and was later condemned as an heresiarch at the Second Council of Nicaea (787). In 782, Nakoleia was temporarily captured by the Abbasid Caliphate. Nakoleia was elevated to the rank of an archbishopric between 787 and 862, and eventually to a metropolitan see between 1035 and 1066, when its incumbent appears in the last place among the metropolitans attending a council. RP110156. Bronze diassarion, RPC III 2659 (10 spec. incl. leg. var.), vA Phryg I 650, SNGvA 3896, SNG Mu 419 var. (obv. leg.), Imhoof KM 279/1 var. (same), Wadd 6350 var. (same), VF, near centered, well struck, dark patina, earthen deposits, cleaning scratches, Nakoleia (Seyitgazi, Turkey) mint, weight 5.510g, maximum diameter 22.4mm, die axis 180o, 25 Jan 98 - 8/9 Aug 117 A.D.; obverse AV NE TPAIANOC KAICAP CE, laureate head right; reverse NAKOΛEΩN, Asclepius (god of medicine and healing) standing slightly left, head left, bare to the waist, himation around hips and legs and over left forearm, grounded snake entwined staff in right hand; this is the first coin of Nacoleia handled by FORVM; Coin Archives records only one specimen of the type at auction in the last two decades; very rare; SOLD
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