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| Issuer | Mint of Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A nude heroic figure stands facing with head turned to the left, in a relaxed contrapposto stance. The figure rests his right hand upon a long spear and holds a sword in his lowered left hand, a composition characteristic of Hellenistic hero imagery common on Bithynian civic coinage. The Greek civic legend is distributed around the field, asserting Nicomedia's prestigious twice-neocorate status. The reverse type reflects the city's pride in its imperial cult temples and its standing as a leading metropolis of the Bithynian province. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (Translation: of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate) |
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