Æ20 - Severus Alexander ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ

Thyatira, a Lydian city best known from its textile and dyeing guilds, was one of the more prolific issuers of civic bronze under the Severan dynasty — the volume of types attributed to Thyatira from this period is substantial enough that die studies remain incomplete. This piece falls within Alexander's thirteen-year reign, the longest of any Severan emperor after his dynasty's founder, ended when his own troops mutinied on the Rhine frontier in 235 AD and installed Maximinus Thrax, triggering the crisis of the third century.