Bithynia, Nikaia. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AE 28mm (11.29g). Lindgren 143

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Bithynia, Nikaia. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AE 28mm (11.29g). Obv.: ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear. Rev.: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Demeter standing facing, head left, holding corn ears and long torch, in the centre; on the left, Heracles standing facing, head right, holding lion skin on his right arm and resting on club with his left; on the right, Dionysus standing facing, looking left, holding cantharus and resting on thyrsus with his left. RG -; Lindgren 143; RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 86311). Very rare. gF.