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Æ23 - Severus Alexander ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΙΝΤΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Cotiaeum (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Diameter | 23 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare, bearded head of Demos facing right, rendered in the local Phrygian provincial style with broad facial features and tousled hair. The portrait is bold and deeply struck, with the legend partially visible in the field to left and right of the effigy. The personification of the civic populace (Demos) is depicted without diadem or wreath, conveying a dignified, civic character. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus enthroned to left, depicted in a majestic seated pose on a high-backed throne with footstool visible beneath. In his extended right hand he holds a patera, and in his left hand a long vertical sceptre. The god is draped across the lower body, with the upper torso bare. The circular Greek legend surrounds the type, naming the presiding archon and the civic community of Cotiaeum, with the city's ethnic partially rendered in the lower exergual area. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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