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Æ23 - Severus Alexander ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Tripolis (Lydia), mint under the Roman Provincial coinage system |
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| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Mamaea, Augusta and mother of Severus Alexander, facing right, with hair elaborately styled and gathered at the nape. The effigy is rendered in the typical provincial workshop style of Lydia, with drapery folds visible at the shoulder. A Greek legend surrounds the bust in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tripolis in Lydia — not to be confused with the North African city — sat in the upper Maeander valley and issued civic bronzes sporadically under the Severan dynasty. The city's coinage under Severus Alexander belongs to a broader surge in provincial mint activity that followed his accession in 222, when newly stable imperial governance briefly encouraged civic pride and local euergetism across western Anatolia.
The ethnic ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ distinguishes this issue from neighboring Lydian mints whose legends can create attribution confusion in worn specimens.