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Æ28 - Elagabalus ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ (?)
| Issuer | Nicaea Cilbianorum (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nicaea Cilbianorum was a small inland city in Lydia, distinct from the far more prominent Nicaea in Bithynia — a confusion that has plagued catalog attribution for this series since the nineteenth century. The question mark on the civic ethnic is warranted; the reading ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ remains disputed in the literature, and several specimens formerly assigned here have been reassigned to neighboring Cilbiani Inferiores.
Elagabalus's reign generated unusually heavy provincial bronze output across western Anatolia, likely tied to his court's extended movements through the region before reaching Rome in 219 AD.