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Æ24 - Marcus Aurelius ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΝΙΚΟΜ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nicomedia jealously guarded its neokorate status — the civic honor of serving as official keeper of an imperial temple — and broadcast it relentlessly on its coinage during the Antonine period. The ΝΕΩΚΟ legend here is a direct assertion of that privilege, likely tied to the city's rivalry with Nicaea, which contested Bithynian primacy for generations. ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ types were frequently issued as a diplomatic gesture between competing cities, or as a unilateral claim to regional harmony under one city's leadership.
The reign of Marcus Aurelius saw a surge in such civic bronze issues across the eastern provinces, partly because imperial attention was stretched thin between the Parthian wars and the Marcomannic frontier.