Nicaea's civic bronze coinage under Caracalla reflects the city's sustained effort to maintain prestige among Bithynian competitors, particularly its long-running rivalry with Nicomedia over the title of "first city" of the province — a dispute that generated an unusual volume of civic bronze issues as both cities competed for imperial favor through coin production.
Nicaea's civic bronze coinage under Caracalla reflects the city's sustained effort to maintain prestige among Bithynian competitors, particularly its long-running rivalry with Nicomedia over the title of "first city" of the province — a dispute that generated an unusual volume of civic bronze issues as both cities competed for imperial favor through coin production.