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Æ18 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Reverse description | Veiled and draped bust of Demeter facing right, with ears of corn positioned before her, rendered in the restrained provincial style characteristic of Nicomedian issues. The goddess is depicted with her characteristic veil drawn over the head, symbolizing her chthonic and agricultural attributes. The reverse legend in Greek encircles the field within a beaded border, identifying the city of Nicomedia and its status as twice neocorate. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Nicomedia's title ΔΙΚ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ — "twice neokoros" — records the city's possession of two imperially sanctioned temple wardenship honours, a status awarded by Rome and fiercely contested among the great cities of Bithynia. Nicomedia held its first neokorate under Vespasian and acquired the second under Caracalla, and local bronze coinage under Severus Alexander routinely advertised both titles as civic propaganda in an ongoing rivalry with Nicaea.