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Æ21 - Elagabalus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Weight | 5.45 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Zeus enthroned to the left, depicted in a stately seated pose upon an ornate throne. The deity holds a long sceptre in his left hand and extends a patera in his right hand. The reverse legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ arcs around the field within a beaded border, identifying the issuing civic authority of Nicaea. The type follows the standard Bithynian provincial convention of depicting enthroned Olympian deities on civic bronze coinage. |
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Nicaea was among the most prolific provincial minting cities of the Roman East, and its output under Elagabalus reflects the city's eagerness to court an emperor whose legitimacy was never secure in Rome. The Severan dynasty's Syrian branch — Elagabalus was elevated by the legions of Syria Phoenice at just fourteen — generated intense activity among eastern provincial mints jockeying for favor during his chaotic four-year reign.
He was murdered by the Praetorian Guard in 222, his body dragged through Rome's streets before being thrown into the Tiber.