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Æ19 - Marcus Aurelius ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ

Issuer Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus)
Year 161-169
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Diameter 19 mm
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Reverse script Greek
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Edge Plain
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Nicaea's civic bronze issues under Marcus Aurelius belong to a period when Bithynian cities were actively competing for imperial favor and the honorific titles that came with it — Nicaea and Nicomedia spent decades locked in a rivalry over which city held primacy in the province. The ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ethnic on this piece is a direct assertion of civic identity in that contest.

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