Æ29 - Septimius Severus ΝΕΙΚΑΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩ

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.