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Æ24 - Septimius Severus ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Dardanus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing right, her hair elaborately waved and coiled at the nape in the characteristic Severan style. The effigy is rendered in moderate relief with drapery visible at the shoulder and chest. The surrounding field carries the Greek imperial legend. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show heavy patination consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the Severan period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ |
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The Dardanoi were a Trojan-descended people whose city sat in the Troad, and their coins lean hard into that mythology — but the existence of this bronze under Septimius Severus reflects something more administrative than cultural. Provincial bronze of this region was struck not by imperial directive but by civic magistrates working within the conventus system, meaning output was demand-driven and irregular. Surviving examples from Dardanus are genuinely scarce; the city was small, its mint sporadic.