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Æ28 - Severus Alexander ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Mamaea facing right, her hair elaborately waved and coiled atop the head in the typical Severan court style. The effigy is rendered with fine detail in the drapery folds at the shoulder. A beaded border frames the design. The encircling Greek legend names the empress with her imperial title. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Julia Mamaea Augusta) |
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Nicaea's bronze output under Severus Alexander was substantial — the city was among the most prolific civic minting authorities in Bithynia during the third century, and competition with neighboring Nicomedia for civic prestige likely drove both the volume and ambition of local issues. Alexander's relatively stable thirteen-year reign gave provincial mints an unusually long window compared to the chaos of the decades immediately following his murder in 235.
The assassination, carried out by troops on the Rhine who then elevated Maximinus Thrax, effectively ended the Severan dynasty and soon disrupted civic bronze production across Asia Minor.