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Æ28 - Septimius Severus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Fulvia Plautilla Augusta facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed and bound, set within a dotted border. A smaller facing bust appears to the left in the field, likely a counterstamp or associated effigy. The encircling Greek legend identifies the empress by her imperial title. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nicaea was one of the most prolific provincial minting cities under Severus, a consequence of its administrative weight as the effective capital of Bithynia — a status it contested bitterly with Nicomedia throughout the imperial period. That rivalry played out partly in bronze, with both cities issuing heavily during Severan rule as a form of civic self-promotion backed by imperial sanction.
The ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ethnic inscription asserts municipal identity with the bluntness of a city that knew its standing and wanted Rome to know it too.