Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ23 - Septimius Severus ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Heraclea Salbace (Conventus of Alabanda) |
|---|---|
| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Youthful draped bust of Boule (the Sacred Council personified) facing right, with hair elaborately arranged. The legend ΙΕΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ is disposed around the bust in the field. The personification is rendered in the typical provincial style of Carian civic coinage of the Severan period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Asclepius, god of medicine, seated on a throne facing left, holding his characteristic knotted serpent-staff (caduceus) in his left hand while extending his right hand toward a serpent coiled before him. The ethnic legend ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ curves around the reverse field, identifying the issuing city of Heraclea Salbace. The composition reflects the strong association of this Carian city with the cult of Asclepius. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Heraclea Salbace was a minor Carian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus reflects the broader pattern of provincial mints asserting local identity during a reign defined by military usurpation and civil war. Severus secured power after the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors in 193 AD, and provincial bronzes issued across the eastern conventus districts in the years immediately following tend to cluster in the earlier part of his reign — a surge of loyalty signaling from cities eager to align themselves with the new dynasty.