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| Emittent | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Jahr | 222-235 |
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| Material | Bronze |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Severus Alexander facing right, depicted from the rear in three-quarter view, presenting a dynamic military appearance. The radiate crown, composed of pointed rays, identifies the imperial dignity of the subject. The obverse legend is disposed in a circular arrangement around the bust within the field. |
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| Reverslegende | ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (Translation: of the Nicomedians, thrice neocorate) |
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Nicomedia's claim to the title ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΣ — "thrice neokoros," holder of the imperial cult three times over — was hard won and politically charged. The city had jockeyed aggressively with Nicaea for provincial supremacy throughout the second and early third centuries, and the neokorate count was a tangible scoreboard. Each granted neokorate required a dedicated imperial temple and the emperor's formal consent, making the title as much a bureaucratic achievement as a religious one.
Nicomedia secured its third neokorate under Caracalla, so coins of Severus Alexander still advertising the triple title were trading on a predecessor's favor.