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Æ21 - Severus Alexander COL ALEX AVG TRO
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#4039 |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of the emperor Severus Alexander facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Troas-region bronzes. The portrait features youthful facial characteristics consistent with Alexander's known iconography, with the laurel wreath clearly indicated atop the head. The Latin legend encircles the effigy along the coin's periphery, partly obscured by the coin's irregular flan and surface patina. The overall style is characteristic of colonial bronze coinage struck at Alexandria Troas during the Severan period. |
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| Obverse lettering | M AVR SEVER ALEXANDRVS AVG (sic) (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus) |
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| Reverse lettering | COL ALEX AVG TRO (Translation: the Augustan colony of Alexandria Troas) |
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