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| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 5.47 g |
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| Obverse lettering | Φ ΠΛΑΥΤΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ (Translation: Fulvia Plautilla Augusta) |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ (Translation: of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate) |
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Nicomedia's title ΔΙϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ — "twice neokoros" — reflects the city's status as twice-honored keeper of imperial cult temples, a distinction fiercely contested among Bithynian cities. Nicomedia held the title against persistent rivalry from Nicaea, a dispute that spilled into Roman administrative correspondence and was still generating civic tension well into the third century.