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Lot # 357
BITHYNIA. Nicaea. Time of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). Thorius Flaccus, proconsul.

Obv: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ.
Wreathed head of Dionysos right.
Rev: ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΘΩΡΙΟΥ ΦΛΑΚΚΟΥ.
Head of elefant right; before and behind, monogram.

RPC I 2030.

These types refer to the legendary foundation of Nicaea by Dionysus with some inhabitants from a small town of the same name near Thermopylai, in Lokris

Condition: Very fine.

Weight: 3.24 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.