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Æ22 - Septimius Severus ϹΕΒ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟ ΑΡ ΜΝΗ
| Issuer | Hadrianopolis (Philomelium) (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of the city's fortune, standing left in long chiton and himation, holding a ship's rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm. The figure stands on a ground line, rendered in the typical provincial civic style. The Greek legend surrounds the type within a dotted border, referencing the city of Hadrianopolis and the presiding archon Mnesitheos. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Hadrianopolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the more famous Thracian city — was a minor civic mint operating under the conventus system, which grouped smaller Anatolian communities under Roman administrative jurisdiction for judicial and, by extension, coinage purposes. Cities within these conventus gained the right to strike bronze for local use, a privilege that doubled as civic propaganda. Hadrianopolis issued under Septimius Severus during the period when he was still consolidating power after the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.