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Æ14 - Septimius Severus ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Acrasus (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Lion advancing to the right in a dynamic striding pose, rendered in the local Asia Minor provincial style. The figure occupies the central field, enclosed within a dotted border. The ethnic legend ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ is disposed around the type, identifying the issuing community of Acrasus in Lydia. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Acrasus was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus was modest in both volume and ambition — this small bronze sits at the bottom of the denomination ladder for the series. The conventus of Pergamum administered a vast swathe of western Anatolia, and local mints like Acrasus operated with considerable autonomy in their bronze issues, answering to no central imperial die authority.
At 1.60g, this piece was likely struck toward the end of the reign, when civic bronze across the conventus tended to diminish in flan weight.