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Æ26 - Severus Alexander ΕΥϹΕΒΩΝ ΕΥΓΕΝΩΝ (Ε)ΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of the emperor Severus Alexander facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Bithynian civic coinage. The portrait displays the characteristic youthful features associated with this emperor, with the laurel wreath encircling the head. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy in the field, reading from left to right around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus) |
| Reverse description | The reverse type consists entirely of a four-line Greek inscription arranged horizontally within the field, fully enclosed by a prominent circular laurel wreath tied at the base. The wreath, composed of clearly rendered laurel leaves, frames the civic honorific legend of Nicaea in its entirety. This format, with a purely epigraphic reverse enclosed in a wreath, is characteristic of civic bronze coinage issued by Nicaea during the Severan period. |
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