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Æ19 - Nero ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑΣ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ, ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ
| Issuer | Acmonea (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 62 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC I, 3174 |
| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Nero facing right, the head encircled by a wreath of laurel rendered in the provincial Greek style. A caduceus appears behind the bust and a crescent symbol is placed before it in the field. The peripheral Greek legend reads ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, identifying the emperor by his imperial titulature. The portrait conveys the characteristic broad-faced effigy of Nero as adopted in Julio-Claudian provincial coinage of Phrygia. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑΣ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ, ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ |
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Julia Severa, named in this coin's magistracy inscription alongside Servenius Capito, is one of the more unusual figures in provincial numismatics: a high-ranking Acmonean woman who held the office of archon and simultaneously served as head of the local Jewish community's synagogue — a combination that has generated considerable scholarly debate about the nature of civic religion in Phrygia under the early Principate. Her appearance on a civic bronze issued in Nero's name is not merely honorific. She was active, named, and apparently powerful enough to share the magistracy credit on an official issue.