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Æ21 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Weight | 8.72 g |
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| Obverse description | Confronted busts of Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea, the emperor depicted to the left with radiate crown and draped bust facing right, and the empress depicted to the right with diademed and draped bust facing left. A central field hole is present, consistent with later re-use as a pendant. The Greek legend runs along the right border within a dotted outer border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥ ΜΑΜΑΙΑΝ ϹΕ(Β) (Translation: for Julia Mamaea Augusta) |
| Reverse description | Tyche, the civic goddess of fortune, stands facing with head turned to the left, wearing a kalathos (basket crown) atop her head. She holds a long rudder in her right hand, symbolising guidance and fortune, and a cornucopia in her left arm, representing abundance. The figure is rendered in the typical provincial bronze style of Bithynian civic coinage. The ethnic legend of the Nicaeans is inscribed in the field around the figure. |
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