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Æ22 - Septimius Severus ΑΔΡΙ ΠΕΤΡΑ ΜΗΤ
| Issuer | Petra (Arabia) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | V.3#68689 |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ (Λ) ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus) |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΔΡΙ ΠΕΤΡΑ ΜΗΤ (Translation: Hadrianic Petra, metropolis) |
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Petra retained its civic coinage privileges well into the Severan period, a function of its status as metropolis of Arabia Petraea — a title the city lobbied for and won, which explains the abbreviated legend on this type. Severus recognized Petra's administrative utility in a province that bordered both Parthian territory and the increasingly restless reaches of the Syrian desert.