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Æ22 - Septimius Severus ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕωΝ
| Issuer | City of Philomelium (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing right, rendered in three-quarter view as seen from the rear, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The portrait displays the characteristic military presentation typical of Severan-era provincial coinage. A Greek legend surrounds the bust in the field, reading Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝ, identifying the emperor as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. The flan surface shows heavy patination consistent with prolonged burial, though the portrait's general form remains discernible. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Philomelium, a Phrygian city on the road between Apameia and Iconium, issued bronze coinage under its own civic authority throughout the Severan period — a privilege extended to hundreds of Asian cities that Rome found administratively convenient to let manage their own small-denomination currency. The civic bronze of this region rarely traveled far; it was hyperlocal money, used at market and temple, and most examples that survive did so in the ground rather than in circulation.