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Æ18 - Philip I ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Mint of Prusa ad Olympum (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Weight | 3.24 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, facing right, with diadem encircling her elaborately coiffed hair. The portrait follows the conventional Severan-era provincial style, with the empress rendered in three-quarter view showing drapery over the shoulder. The obverse legend runs around the periphery of the flan, partially visible due to the irregular striking. The surface retains an olive-green patina consistent with prolonged burial. |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Aphrodite depicted full-length, facing forward with head turned to the right, her right arm raised toward her head in the characteristic Aphrodite Anadyomene or pudica gesture. The goddess appears lightly draped or semi-nude in the Hellenistic tradition favored in Bithynian civic coinage. The ethnic legend ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ is disposed around the field, identifying this as a civic issue of Prusa ad Olympum. The reverse type reflects the city's devotion to Aphrodite as a principal civic deity. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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