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Æ22 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#3148 |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Julia Mamaea Augusta) |
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| Mintage | ND (222-235) |
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Nicaea's civic bronze coinage under Severus Alexander was produced by a city acutely aware of its own prestige — this was the site of the 325 AD Council, but more immediately relevant, a major administrative hub in Bithynia with direct road connections to the Bosporus crossings. Provincial bronzes of this period circulated locally and were not redeemable empire-wide, functioning essentially as municipally-issued small change filling gaps the central imperial mint had no interest in addressing.
The ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ethnic inscription reflects the city's assertion of civic identity, a convention Bithynian mints maintained with particular consistency through the Severan period.