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Æ25 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Julia Mamaea Augusta) |
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Nicaea's civic bronze issues under Severus Alexander are among the more prolific of the Bithynian series — the city was aggressively asserting its rivalry with Nicomedia throughout the third century, and volume of coinage was part of that competition. The two cities fought a running propaganda war over which held legitimate claim to the title of regional metropolis, a dispute settled by Rome's periodic and often inconsistent rulings.
SNG von Aulock 3143 anchors this piece within a well-documented but densely populated series, where die links across magistrate issues remain only partially catalogued.