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Æ27 - Septimius Severus ϹΕΟΥΗΡΕΙΑ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#85637 |
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| Reverse lettering | ϹΕΟΥΗΡΕΙΑ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Translation: the Severan Philadelphian games, of the Nicaeans) |
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The festival games title ϹΕΟΥΗΡΕΙΑ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ on coins of Nicaea reflects a calculated civic strategy: by naming a local agonistic festival after Septimius Severus and coupling it with the epithet meaning "brotherly love," Nicaea publicly aligned itself with the new dynasty during the violent instability of 193 AD — the Year of the Five Emperors. Cities across Bithynia competed aggressively for imperial favor through exactly this kind of honorific coinage, and the games title itself conferred prestige that could translate into tax exemptions and juridical privileges.