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Æ21 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#3150 |
| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea facing right, her hair elaborately arranged and bound with a diadem. The effigy is rendered in the provincial style typical of Bithynian civic coinage of the Severan period. A Greek legend encircles the bust within a beaded border, identifying the empress by her titles. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥ (Translation: Julia Mamaea Augusta) |
| Reverse description | Homonoia, goddess of concord and harmony, depicted standing facing with head turned to the left. She extends her right hand to pour a libation from a patera and holds a cornucopia in her left arm, the standard iconographic attributes of the deity in provincial coinage. The figure is rendered within a beaded border, with the ethnic legend of the issuing city distributed around the field. |
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