Æ29 - Caracalla ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ

Nicaea's civic bronze issues under Caracalla reflect the city's aggressive pursuit of prestige honors during this period — the title of neokoros, granted for maintaining an imperial cult temple, was fiercely contested among Bithynian cities, and Nicaea held it twice. That competition drove substantial local coin production, as cities used their bronze issues partly to advertise their standing to Rome and to rival municipalities like Nicomedia.