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Æ18 - Septimius Severus ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Prusa ad Olympum (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Geta as Caesar facing right, with youthful features and short curly hair, rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Bithynian bronze coinage. The legend is distributed around the field in Greek characters. The flan shows slight irregularity typical of locally produced civic bronzes of the Severan period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Λ ϹΕ ΓΕΤΑϹ Κ (Translation: Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar) |
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Prusa ad Olympum was a Bithynian city with an unusually strong claim on Severan loyalty — it sat at the foot of Mount Olympus along roads critical to eastern troop movements, and civic bronze issues like this one functioned partly as local propaganda, tying the city's identity to whichever emperor held power. The mint was active across Severus's long reign, from his contested accession in 193 through the campaigns against Parthia and into his British expedition, which ended with his death at Eboracum in 211.