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Æ23 - Caracalla ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea Cilbianorum (civic mint) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of civic fortune, depicted standing to the left in full figure, clad in a long chiton and himation. She holds a ship's rudder in her right hand, symbolising guidance and destiny, and a cornucopia in her left, emblematic of abundance and prosperity. The divided Greek legend ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ, identifying the issuing city of Nicaea Cilbianorum, is distributed around the field. The type is characteristic of Lydian civic coinage under the Severan dynasty. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Nicaea Cilbianorum was a small inland city in Lydia — distinct from the far more prominent Nicaea in Bithynia — whose civic coinage under Caracalla represents one of the thinner series from the region. The ethnic legend ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ served partly as disambiguation, the city insisting on its own identity against the shadow of its famous namesake.