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Æ24 - Severus Alexander ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ (or ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ)
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#3397 |
| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, viewed from the rear, with the radiate crown rendering the emperor's divine solar associations. The obverse legend encircles the effigy in Greek characters, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. The portraiture follows the conventional provincial bronze workshop style of Nicomedia during the Severan period. |
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| Reverse description | Demeter standing facing, head turned to the left, rendered in full figure. In her right hand she holds a long torch, and in her left she cradles ears of corn, emblematic of her role as goddess of the harvest and fertility. The reverse legend in Greek encircles the field, referencing Nicomedia's twice-neocorate status, a prestigious honorific title granted by Rome to cities housing imperial cult temples. The composition is typical of civic bronze coinage from Bithynia under the Severan dynasty. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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