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Æ23 - Severus Alexander ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
| Issuer | Tralles (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Severus Alexander facing right, depicted from behind, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The imperial effigy is rendered in the typical provincial style of the Lydian mint of Tralles, with the laureate wreath clearly delineated. The obverse legend runs clockwise around the periphery within a dotted border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander) |
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Tralles held neokorate status — the honorific right to maintain an imperial cult temple — and used festival coinage like this Pythian Games issue to advertise that status aggressively to the wider Roman world. The Pythia at Tralles was one of several provincial agonistic festivals claiming Apolline prestige, distinct from the panhellenic games at Delphi but deliberately invoking the same cultural authority. Cities competed fiercely for the right to strike such issues, and the neokorate title visible in the legend was a point of civic pride secured through costly embassies to Rome.