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Æ21 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#3371 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, depicted three-quarter from the front. The effigy displays typical Severan portraiture with the emperor's characteristic features rendered in provincial style. The obverse legend encircles the bust within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Frontal view of an octastyle temple with eight columns surmounted by a pediment bearing a central globe or orb, rendered in the conventional provincial style. The architectural detail includes a stepped base (crepidoma) and columns shown in perspective. This temple type is associated with the imperial cult and references Nicomedia's status as a thrice-neocorate city. The reverse legend is distributed around the temple within a beaded border, with a control letter Κ visible in the lower exergue. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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