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Æ22 - Septimius Severus ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Prusa ad Olympum (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹΕΒ (Translation: Julia Domna Augusta) |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Prusa ad Olympum was a Bithynian city that owed its prominence partly to its position near the slopes of Mount Olympus and its celebrated hot springs, which drew visitors and generated enough civic wealth to sustain a modest but consistent bronze coinage. Under Septimius Severus, provincial mints across Bithynia seized on the dynastic instability following Pertinax's murder to curry favor with whichever claimant consolidated power — Prusa among them.
The city's bronzes of this reign are sparsely documented, and V.2#6732 remains a thinly cited reference, suggesting survivors are genuinely scarce rather than simply uncatalogued.