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Æ24 - Elagabalus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Translation: of the Nicaeans) |
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| Mint | Nicaea (Bithynia) |
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Nicaea was among the most prolific civic mints in Bithynia during the Severan period, issuing bronze coinage under nearly every emperor from Commodus onward. Under Elagabalus, whose reign lasted just four years before his murder by the Praetorian Guard in 222 AD, the city continued production without interruption — civic loyalty to Rome expressed through the mint regardless of who held the throne. The reference VI#3111 places this among the standard civic issues catalogued by von Fritze, whose classification of Bithynian bronzes remains the baseline for the series.