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Æ16 - Septimius Severus
| Issuer | Nicaea |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | A prize urn (agonistic amphora) depicted centrally, surmounted by two crossing palm branches, emblematic of athletic victory games held at Nicaea. The vessel rests on a decorated base and is rendered in relief within a beaded border. The ethnic legend of the issuing city encircles the design in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Nicaea was one of the most active minting cities in Bithynia under the Severan dynasty, and its civic bronze issues for Septimius Severus were produced during a reign defined by near-constant military campaigning — the Parthian wars, the brutal sack of Ctesiphon in 198 AD, and the prolonged British campaign that ultimately killed him at Eboracum in 211. Civic bronzes of this weight class circulated locally and never traveled far.
Recueil 358 places this among the smaller module issues catalogued by Waddington, Babelon, and Reinach in their 1908 corpus of Pontic and Bithynian civic coinage — a reference work that remains the primary authority despite its age.