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Æ19 - Septimius Severus ΚΛΑΖΟΜΕΝΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Clazomenae (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Diameter | 19 mm |
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| Reverse description | Asclepius, the god of medicine, stands facing with head turned to the left, rendered in full figure at the centre of the coin. He is depicted in his canonical iconography, wearing a himation draped over his lower body, and leaning upon his characteristic knotted serpent-staff (the asklepios), around which a serpent coils. The Greek ethnic legend of the issuing city encircles the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΚΛΑΖΟΜΕΝΙΩΝ (Translation: of the Clazomenians) |
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Clazomenae, a city on the Ionian coast best known in antiquity as the birthplace of the philosopher Anaxagoras, retained the right to strike civic bronze under Roman imperial authority well into the Severan period. These issues were produced under the conventus system, in which regional assize circuits — centered on Smyrna in this case — effectively administered local coinage rights. The arrangement meant output was tied to judicial calendar schedules rather than continuous mint operation, which partly explains the irregular survival patterns seen across the Clazomenian bronze series.