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Æ23 - Caracalla ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Weight | 5.12 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing right, her hair elaborately waved and coiled at the nape in the characteristic Severan style. The empress is depicted with finely rendered drapery over the shoulder and chest. The surrounding Greek legend is disposed around the periphery of the flan. The portrait exhibits the typical provincial die-cutting style of the Laodicean mint, with bold if somewhat summary modelling of the facial features. |
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| Mintage | ND (198-217) |
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Laodicea ad Lycum earned the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — during the Severan period, a distinction that carried enormous civic prestige and real economic consequences: cities holding the title could host the provincial festival games, drawing traffic, trade, and dedications. The legend ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ advertises exactly that status. Caracalla was notably liberal in granting neokorate honors, using them as political currency across Asia Minor during his reign.