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Æ17 - Septimius Severus ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Miletus (Ionia) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#28241 |
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| Obverse lettering | Λ ϹΕΠΤ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙ (Translation: Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar) |
| Reverse description | Frontal cult statue of Artemis of Miletus (Artemis Phosphoros), veiled and depicted in the characteristic xoanon-like hieratic pose, standing facing with both arms extended horizontally to either side, evoking the ancient idol venerated at Miletus. The ethnic legend ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ is inscribed in the field or around the periphery, attesting to the civic pride of the Milesian mint authority. |
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Miletus had been one of the great minting cities of the ancient world, but by the Severan period it was a provincial backwater operating under Roman imperial authority, striking small bronzes for purely local use. These civic issues circulated within the city and its immediate territory — they would have meant nothing fifty miles away.
The reference V.2#28241 places this within a catalogued series, but Severan-era Milesian bronzes remain incompletely studied, and die linkage work on the smaller denominations is sparse.