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Æ31 - Septimius Severus ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A large agonistic prize crown rendered in three-quarter perspective, depicted with multiple tiers of decorative garlands and laurel festoons. A tall palm branch rises prominently from within the crown, its fronds extending upward into the field. The crown bears the inscription ϹƐΥΗΡΙΑ across its face, identifying the Severan games celebrated at Nicomedia. The reverse legend referencing the city's twice-neocorate status runs around the periphery, and the overall composition reflects the civic pride of Nicomedia as a prominent center of the imperial cult in Bithynia. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Nicomedia's neokoros titles were fiercely contested civic honors granted by Rome, confirming a city's right to maintain an imperial cult temple. The "ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ" designation — twice neokorate — reflects Nicomedia's status after receiving a second such grant, a distinction it leveraged aggressively against its perennial rival Nicaea, which waged a decades-long propaganda war over precedence in exactly this period. Severus's reign saw both cities lobbying the emperor directly, producing a flood of civic bronze that was as much political currency as commercial.