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Æ18 - Septimius Severus ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Antioch ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | An eagle stands facing with head turned to the left, wings spread wide in heraldic display, occupying the central field of the coin. The eagle type is a common civic emblem on the bronze coinage of Antiocheia ad Maeandrum and related Carian provincial issues of the Severan era. The Greek ethnic legend of the issuing city encircles the type. The surface is heavily patinated with green encrustation consistent with long burial, obscuring fine detail. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Antioch ad Maeandrum — not to be confused with the far more prominent Antioch on the Orontes — was a small Carian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus reflects the administrative reorganization of the Asian conventus system rather than any particular imperial favor. The city fell within the conventus of Alabanda, one of nine judicial districts Rome used to administer the province of Asia, and local bronze issues like this one functioned purely within that regional economy.
The ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ distinguishes it from the many other Antiochs striking bronze in this period — a necessary clarification even on the coin itself.