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Æ31 - Marcus Aurelius ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΝΙΚΟΜ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Nicomedia's claim to the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — was a source of intense civic rivalry with Nicaea throughout the second century. This coin almost certainly belongs to that contest. The ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ legend invokes concord between cities, a formula commonly deployed when two competing poleis needed Rome to adjudicate their status disputes rather than resolve them through open hostility. Under Marcus Aurelius, such inter-city tensions in Bithynia were well documented, with both Nicomedia and Nicaea lobbying aggressively for precedence in temple rank.