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Æ21 - Severus Alexander ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Severus Alexander facing right, depicted from the rear, with the emperor's head turned in three-quarter profile. The effigy shows the characteristic military cuirass with paludamentum. The Greek imperial legend encircles the bust along the border, partially visible on this heavily worn specimen. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ(Υ)(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥ(Γ) (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus) |
| Reverse description | Front elevation of an octastyle temple rendered in perspective, its triangular pediment adorned with a small globe or central dot, surmounting eight columns visible in the facade. The temple type commemorates Nicomedia's status as a thrice-neocorate city — an honorific distinction granted by Rome for the maintenance of imperial cult temples. The Greek legend ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ is distributed around the temple, with ΤΡΙϹ above the pediment, ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ split to the left and right of the colonnade, and ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ below in the exergue area. |
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