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Æ15 - Septimius Severus COL AVG TRO
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta as Caesar facing right, depicted from the rear, with paludamentum and segmented cuirass visible. The portrait is rendered in the provincial style typical of Troas civic coinage. The Latin legend surrounds the bust in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony — Colonia Augusta Troas — founded under Augustus on the site of Antigoneia, a city Alexander's general Antigonus had planted near the ruins of Troy. Under Septimius Severus, the colony retained its privileged status and continued striking autonomous bronze coinage, a right not extended to every city in the conventus. The abbreviation COL AVG TRO on these small bronzes directly asserts that colonial identity.
At 15 mm, these are among the smallest denominations the city produced under Severus.