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Æ23 - Septimius Severus ΚΙΔΥΗϹϹΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Cidyessus (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Athena standing facing, head turned to right, clad in chiton, peplos, and aegis adorned with the Gorgoneion. She holds a long spear upright in her right hand and rests her left hand upon a large round shield set on the ground at her side. A crested Corinthian helmet is visible to the upper right of the field. The ethnic legend ΚΙΔΥΗϹϹΕΩΝ is disposed around the periphery, identifying the issuing city of Cidyessus. |
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Cidyessus was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage survives in frustratingly small numbers, making attribution of individual dies a persistent problem for specialists. The city sat within the conventus of Synnada, one of the administrative districts Rome used to organize the province of Asia, and its bronzes were struck for purely local exchange — Rome had no particular interest in their production beyond tolerating it.
The reference V.2#336 places this squarely within Voegtli's die study, which remains the primary tool for sorting Cidyessan issues by reign.