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Æ27 - Caracalla ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Athena, helmeted and draped, seated to the left upon a throne or chair, extending a patera in her raised right hand in a gesture of libation, while her left arm rests upon a long vertical spear. The composition reflects the standard civic reverse iconography of Bithynian bronze coinage, with the legend encircling the type in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (Translation: of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate) |
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Nicomedia's title *Dis Neokoros* — "twice temple warden" — was a mark of imperial cult status granted by Rome, and fiercely contested among the rival cities of Bithynia. Nicomedia and Nicaea spent generations in bitter competition over neokorate honors, a rivalry that played out in petitions to successive emperors and, visibly, in civic coinage that advertised whatever titles had been won.
Under Caracalla, Nicomedia held two neokorate grants. A third would follow under Elagabalus.