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Æ23 - Septimius Severus ΠΡΥΜΝΗϹϹΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Prymnessus (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of Fortune and civic prosperity, depicted standing in three-quarter view facing left, wearing a turreted crown and long draped garment. She holds a ship's rudder downward in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm, symbolising the city's good fortune and abundance. The ethnic legend of the Prymnessians encircles the type within a dotted border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΡΥΜΝΗϹϹΕΩΝ (Translation: of the Prymnessians) |
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Prymnessus was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus reflects the broader pattern of provincial loyalty-signaling during the civil wars of 193 — the Year of the Five Emperors. Aligning publicly with Severus through coin production carried real political weight when rival claimants like Pescennius Niger still controlled much of the eastern provinces.
The city fell under the administrative jurisdiction of the Synnada conventus, one of the judicial districts through which Rome managed Phrygia. Very few die varieties from Prymnessus are documented for this reign, making each attributed specimen useful for ongoing die-study of this underrepresented mint.