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Æ17 - Severus Alexander ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Metropolis (Ionia) (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| 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, depicted from behind in three-quarter rear view. The obverse legend circles the field in Greek majuscules, identifying the emperor by his full Latinized Greek titulature. The portrait treatment is characteristic of provincial bronze coinage of the Severan period, with the laurel wreath rendered in stylized relief. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche standing facing with head turned to the left, wearing a kalathos (modius) upon her head, holding a ship's rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left. The figure is rendered in the standard provincial iconographic tradition for city Tyche. The reverse legend in Greek majuscules encircles the field, identifying the issuing civic authority. |
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