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Æ18 - Septimius Severus ΕΡΥΘΡΑΙωΝ
| Issuer | Erythrae (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare or laureate head of Geta facing right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Ionian civic bronzes. The portrait displays the youthful features of the emperor, with the legend encircling the effigy in Greek characters. The flan is irregular and the surfaces heavily worn, obscuring finer details of the portrait's relief. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A cista mystica depicted centrally within a dotted border, shown with its lid partially open from which a serpent emerges and creeps to the left, a motif emblematic of the Dionysiac mysteries and widely used in the civic coinage of Ionian cities. The wicker basket is rendered with cross-hatching to suggest woven texture. The ethnic legend of the Erythraeans is inscribed around the type in Greek characters. |
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