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Æ23 - Septimius Severus ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Philadelphia (Lydia), Conventus of Sardis |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus) |
| Reverse description | A veiled female figure, identified tentatively as Leda, is depicted seated and riding a swan moving to the right. The figure is shown in profile, her drapery rendered in flowing lines consistent with the provincial Greek artistic tradition. The mythological subject — a mortal woman borne upon a swan — alludes to the Leda and the Swan legend. The ethnic legend ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ is inscribed around the field, identifying the issuing city of Philadelphia in Lydia. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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