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Æ17 - Severus Alexander ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ

Issuer	Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus)
Year	222-235
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Composition	Bronze
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Obverse description	Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, rendered from a rear three-quarter perspective. The imperial portrait displays characteristic features of the Severan Alexander coinage from the Ephesian mint. The legend is arranged in a circular arc around the bust within the field.
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Reverse description	Standing frontal figure of Artemis of Ephesus, the great poliad goddess, wearing a kalathos (cylindrical headdress) and depicted in the characteristic Ephesian cult-idol manner with supports flanking her body. Flanking the deity are a crescent and a star. In the lower field, two nude male children (erotes or youths) are seated facing one another, engaged in a game of knucklebones (astragaloi), tossing the gaming pieces between them. The reverse legend is inscribed in the field identifying the issuing civic authority.
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