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Æ16 - Septimius Severus ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ

Issuer	Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus)
Year	193-211
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Weight	2.31 g
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Obverse description	Bare laureate head of Emperor Septimius Severus facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Bithynian civic coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic short beard and strong facial features. The Greek legend is arranged around the effigy in the field. The flan is irregular, consistent with hand-struck provincial bronze coinage of the Severan period.
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Reverse description	Telesphorus, the chthonic deity of recuperation and son of Asclepius, depicted standing facing in a full-length hooded cloak (cucullus), a distinctive iconographic type widely employed on civic bronzes of Bithynia. The diminutive figure occupies the center of the field. The ethnic legend of the issuing city is inscribed around the reverse type. The overall execution is consistent with the modest civic bronze coinage produced at Nicaea under the Severan dynasty.
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