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Æ20 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Α (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus) |
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| Mint | Nicomedia |
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Nicomedia held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — twice over by the reign of Severus Alexander, a distinction the city jealously advertised on its civic bronze. The ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ legend was not ceremonial boilerplate; it documented a hard-won competitive standing among Bithynian cities, with Nicaea pressing rival claims throughout the Severan period. These municipal bronzes were struck entirely on civic authority, with no central imperial mint involvement, which accounts for the considerable variation in die work across surviving specimens.