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Æ23 - Severus Alexander ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Metropolis (Ionia) (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Ares, the god of war, depicted standing facing with head turned to the left, rendered in the classical Hellenistic tradition favored by Ionian provincial mints. The deity holds an upright spear in one hand and rests the other upon a grounded shield at his side. The ethnic legend ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ encircles the field, identifying the issuing civic authority of Metropolis in Ionia. |
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Metropolis in Ionia was a minor city whose civic coinage under Severus Alexander was produced almost entirely to assert local prestige within the competitive hierarchy of Ionian poleis — the right to strike bronze being itself a form of status negotiated with Rome. The ethnic ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ is the city's entire claim to visibility in the numismatic record; relatively few types are attributed to this mint, and die links across the series suggest a modest, possibly intermittent, production run.