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Æ15 - Severus Alexander COL ALE TRO
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and possibly draped bust of Severus Alexander facing right, depicted in the typical provincial style of the Troas region. The effigy shows the emperor's head adorned with a laurel wreath, with facial features rendered in low relief consistent with local bronze coinage of the early third century AD. The legend ALEXANDR appears partially around the bust in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALEXANDR (Translation: Alexander) |
| Reverse description | A tripod, a sacred cultic object associated with Apollo, rendered frontally at the centre of the reverse field. The tripod is depicted with three legs and a cauldron bowl at the top, a recurrent type on the colonial bronze coinage of Alexandria Troas reflecting the city's close religious ties to Apollo Smintheus. The colonial legend COL ALE TRO is distributed around the tripod in the field. |
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