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Æ23 - Elagabalus ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Elagabalus facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the rear, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The effigy displays the characteristic youthful features of the emperor. The encircling Greek legend runs along the periphery of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cyzicus held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — multiple times over, and the designation ΝΕΟΚΟ on this issue reflects civic pride in that status as much as religious duty. The city leveraged its position on the Propontis to remain one of the wealthiest and most politically connected mints in the province of Asia throughout the Severan period. Under Elagabalus, whose short reign saw the imperial court consumed by religious controversy over the solar cult of El-Gabal, provincial bronzes like this one continued largely on civic momentum rather than any coherent imperial minting policy from Rome.