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Æ29 - Septimius Severus ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩ
| Issuer | Nicaea Cilbianorum (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing right, her hair elaborately waved and coiled in the typical Severan fashion, with a diadem. The portrait is rendered in the high-relief provincial style characteristic of Lydian civic bronzes. The circular legend surrounds the bust in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ |
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Nicaea Cilbianorum was a small inland city in the Lydian interior, distinct from the far more prominent Nicaea in Bithynia — a confusion that has plagued catalog attribution for generations. Its coins were issued under the authority of the Ephesus conventus, the Roman judicial circuit that administered much of western Asia Minor, and surviving bronzes from this mint are genuinely scarce, reflecting a modest civic economy rather than any gap in modern collecting.
Septimius Severus recognized loyal Greek cities with increased minting privileges during his consolidation after the civil wars of 193 AD, which likely accounts for the renewed civic bronze output across numerous small Lydian communities in this period.