Æ36 - Septimius Severus ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥϹ

Tiberiopolis was a minor Lydian city with little independent historical weight, but it minted sporadically under the Severan dynasty as part of the broader explosion of provincial bronze coinage that accompanied Septimius Severus's need to consolidate loyalty across the eastern provinces after his victory in the civil wars of 193–197. The inclusion of ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥϹ in the legend — referencing Nicomedia — reflects the complex honorific and agonistic relationships between Lydian civic mints and the dominant cities of Bithynia, a detail that remains imperfectly understood in the scholarship.