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Æ16 - Septimius Severus ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ

Issuer	Prusa ad Olympum (Bithynia and Pontus)
Year	193-211
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Reference(s)	RPC V.2#27294

Obverse description	Laureate head of Emperor Septimius Severus facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Bithynian civic coinage. The portrait shows characteristic short curling hair and beard. The Greek imperial titulature legend runs around the periphery of the flan, partially visible owing to the irregular striking. The flan is slightly uneven with a granular bronze surface consistent with hammered provincial issues of the Severan period.
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Reverse description	The kerykeion or serpent-entwined staff — the caduceus of Asclepius — depicted upright in the central field, with a serpent coiling around the staff in a pronounced sinuous manner, its head visible near the top. This type alludes to the healing cult of Asclepius, which held particular prominence in the cities of Bithynia. The ethnic legend of the Prusaeans encircles the device around the rim.
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