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Æ18 - Septimius Severus ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Aegae (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax) |
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Aegae was a minor Aeolian city on the Lydian coast whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus was produced in extremely limited volume — the city held no strategic importance and attracted little imperial attention. What makes these small bronzes historically pointed is the timing: Severus spent much of his reign at war, and provincial mints across the Conventus of Smyrna struck civic issues partly as a form of local loyalty signaling during the civil wars of 193–197 against Pescennius Niger, whose power base lay directly in the eastern provinces these cities inhabited.