Æ35 - Marcus Aurelius ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ (ΚΑΙ) ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ

The homonoia coinage between Laodicea ad Lycum and Nicomedia represents one of the more politically charged alliance types of the Antonine period — two cities in rival conventus publicly performing friendship, almost certainly to curry imperial favor during Marcus Aurelius's Danubian campaigns, when the emperor's attention and goodwill were worth competing for. Laodicea sat in the Cibyra conventus; Nicomedia was the dominant city of Bithynia, a pairing that crossed provincial administrative boundaries.

The 178–179 dating places this issue in the final phase of the Marcomannic Wars, just before Marcus departed on his third campaign.