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Æ19 - Septimius Severus ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Miletus (Ionia) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#1536 |
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| Obverse lettering | Λ ϹΕΠ(Τ) ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙ (Translation: Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Miletus had been a shadow of its classical self for centuries by the time Severus took power, but the city retained enough civic pride — and enough administrative machinery — to strike bronzes acknowledging the new Trajanic dynasty's founder. Local bronze issues of this period were not imperial mandates; each city negotiated its own permission to strike, making even routine civic bronzes a deliberate act of political alignment. Miletus was signaling loyalty early, likely before the civil wars of 193–197 had even resolved.