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Æ19 - Septimius Severus ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Dardanus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted bust of Athena facing right, wearing the aegis across her chest, rendered in moderate relief with visible detail on the helmet crest and aegis scales despite surface wear. The goddess is depicted in the traditional martial aspect favoured on provincial coinages of the Troad. The encircling Greek ethnic legend ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ, identifying the issuing city of Dardanus, is disposed around the field. A dotted border is partially visible along the inner rim. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Dardanus was a small coastal city in the Troad, positioned near the straits that would later bear strategic importance throughout antiquity. Its coins are rare enough that die studies remain incomplete, and attribution within the Adramyteum conventus is occasionally disputed among specialists. The ethnic legend ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ places this firmly within the civic coinage boom that followed Severus's victory in the civil wars of 193 — provincial mints across Asia Minor seized on the new dynasty's need for legitimacy in the East.