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Æ27 - Septimius Severus ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Caracalla, right |
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| Reverse description | Temple with eight columns on podium; pellet in pediment |
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Nicomedia's claim to twice-neokorate status — commemorated in the ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ legend — reflects the city's fierce rivalry with Nicaea over provincial primacy in Bithynia. The first neokorate was granted under Vespasian; the second came under Hadrian, and Nicomedia leveraged both grants aggressively in civic propaganda throughout the Severan period. Septimius Severus, having won the civil wars of 193–197, was a useful patron to invoke — his authority lent weight to a city still jostling for the title of first city of the province.