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Æ27 - Philip I ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Homonoia (Concordia) stands facing left in the center of the field, rendered in full figure wearing a long chiton and himation. She extends her right hand forward holding a patera for libation, while her left arm cradles a large cornucopia, symbolic of abundance and civic harmony. The figure is framed by a continuous Greek legend distributed around the periphery of the coin, proclaiming Nicomedia's twice-awarded neocorate status, a prestigious honorific title granted by the Roman imperial cult. |
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Nicomedia held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — twice over, a distinction advertised aggressively on civic coinage during the third century as cities across Bithynia competed for Roman favor and the economic benefits that came with hosting imperial temples. Philip I's reign, sandwiched between the chaos of Gordian III's death and the Decian persecution, offered a brief window of relative stability in which provincial mints like Nicomedia pushed out civic bronzes reinforcing their privileged status. The ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ inscription is the point — the coin is essentially a municipal credential struck in metal.