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Æ22 - Severus Alexander ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Standing female figure, identified as Tyche or Homonoia, depicted facing with head turned to the left and wearing a kalathos (modius) upon her head. She holds a cornucopia in her left arm, symbolising abundance, and extends a patera in her right hand over a lighted altar at her side. The reverse legend in the exergual and surrounding field identifies the issuing city in Greek. |
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Ephesus retained the right to strike provincial bronze under Severus Alexander largely because of its status as the seat of the conventus juridicus — the Roman judicial circuit for Asia — making it one of the most administratively significant cities in the eastern empire. The city leveraged that standing aggressively in its coinage output during his reign, producing a notably broad range of denominations and types.
The VI#5003 reference places this within Burnett, Amandry, and Ripollès's framework for Asian provincials, though coverage of Ephesian bronzes in this size class remains uneven across standard references.