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Æ23 - Septimius Severus ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea Cilbianorum (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 6.07 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 effigy is rendered in moderate relief, with drapery visible at the truncation. A circular Greek legend surrounds the portrait in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Nicaea Cilbianorum was a small inland community in the Lydian conventus of Ephesus — not to be confused with the far more prominent Nicaea in Bithynia. The city struck bronze civic coinage under Septimius Severus almost certainly as a gesture of loyalty following the civil wars of 193–197, when demonstrating allegiance to the eventual victor carried real municipal consequences. Cities that had backed Pescennius Niger or Clodius Albinus found Roman favor difficult to recover.
The ethnic ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ distinguishes this issue from Bithynian Nicaea in the epigraphic record — a distinction the city clearly felt compelled to enforce.