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Æ17 - Septimius Severus ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta facing right, rendered three-quarter from the rear in the characteristic provincial style. The portrait displays the layered drapery of the paludamentum over the cuirass, with the laurel wreath discernible atop the head. The obverse legend is disposed around the bust, partially visible on the heavily worn flan. The coin exhibits the broad, irregular flan typical of Ephesian provincial bronze issues of the Severan period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Two nude children seated facing one another, engaged in the game of astragali (knucklebones), their figures rendered in a lively, naturalistic manner characteristic of Ephesian civic bronzes. The children are depicted in low relief, leaning slightly forward over the playing pieces visible between them. The ethnic legend ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ is inscribed around the type, identifying the issuing city. The reverse composition is a well-known type in Ephesian civic coinage of the Severan era, referencing local genre imagery. |
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