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Æ16 - Septimius Severus ΔΙΟϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Dios Hieron (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Asclepius, the god of medicine, standing facing with head turned to the left, clad in long robes, holding his serpent-entwined staff (kerykeion) in his right hand. The ethnic legend ΔΙΟϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ is distributed around the figure in the field, denoting the civic authority of the Diosierites. The design is enclosed within a dotted border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dios Hieron was a small civic community in the Maeander valley whose coin output was modest even by the standards of minor Lydian towns. Issues under Septimius Severus represent virtually the entirety of the city's known imperial bronze production, suggesting that the accession of 193 AD — and the administrative reorganization that followed the Year of the Five Emperors — prompted a brief civic assertion of loyalty through coinage that was otherwise never a local priority.