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Æ20 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Lion Left, Nicaea
| Issuer | Nicaea |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Severus Alexander facing right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Bithynian civic coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's youthful features with a radiate laurel wreath. The Greek imperial titulature legend encircles the bust along the periphery of the flan within a dotted border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡ CEΟΥ ΑΛEΞΑΝΔΡΟC ΑΥΓ |
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Nicaea was one of the most prolific bronze-issuing cities in Bithynia under the Severan dynasty, and issues for Severus Alexander are well-attested across multiple denominations. The city held considerable civic pride over its rivalry with neighboring Nicomedia, and local bronze coinage was one arena where that competition played out — volume and variety both mattered.
RPC VI 3245 places this piece within a tightly catalogued sequence. The lion type has a long pedigree in Bithynian civic coinage and appears across several reign attributions with minimal die changes, suggesting shared or reused reverse dies across issues.