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Æ20 - Septimius Severus ΕΠ ΦΛ ΠΡΙϹΚΟΥ ΓΡΑ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Mint of Acmonea (Conventus of Apamea, Phrygia) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Sarapis enthroned and seated left upon a high-backed throne, his right arm extended forward above Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, seated at his feet; in his left hand he holds a long vertical sceptre. The syncretic Egyptian deity is depicted wearing the modius (kalathos) on his head, in accordance with standard Hellenistic iconographic convention. The circular Greek legend naming the magistrate Flavius Priscus and the city of the Acmoneans surrounds the type. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠ ΦΛ ΠΡΙϹΚΟΥ ΓΡΑ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ |
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Acmonea was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus named the local magistrate Flavius Priscus as grammateus — a civic secretary whose office carried enough prestige to appear on the die. Provincial bronze of this weight from interior Anatolia circulated hyperlocally; it is unlikely this piece ever traveled more than a few days' journey from the mint city.