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Æ23 - Septimius Severus ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕ ΕΠΙ ΑΔΡΙ
| 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 and draped bust of Septimius Severus facing right, with short curled beard rendered in the characteristic style of his early reign. The effigy fills the field boldly, with the laureate wreath clearly defined across the forehead. A Greek imperial legend encircles the bust, reading partially along the upper and right periphery of the flan. The portrait exhibits the robust, slightly idealized treatment typical of provincial bronze coinage struck in Asia Minor under the Severan dynasty. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus standing left in the field, depicted in a frontal, draped and semi-nude stance, extending his right hand to hold a thunderbolt and his left hand grasping a long sceptre. The figure is rendered in a standard provincial divine type common to Phrygian civic coinage. The encircling Greek legend names the city of Philomelium and records the local magistrate Hadrianus as the issuing authority. The overall composition is characteristic of civic bronze issues from the Conventus of Philomelium in Phrygia during the Severan period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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