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Æ24 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔ ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ

Issuer Pitane (Conventus of Pergamum)
Year 193-211
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta as Caesar facing right, depicted as a youthful prince with curled hair. The portrait is rendered in the provincial style typical of the Pergamene conventus, with visible paludamentum folds across the shoulder. A Greek legend encircles the bust in the field, identifying the prince by his full titulature. The flan is irregular and the die work reflects competent but provincial engraving characteristic of Mysian civic coinage under the Severan dynasty.
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Obverse lettering Λ ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
(Translation: Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar)
Reverse description Tyche, the personification of civic fortune, stands facing left in full figure, rendered in flowing robes. In her right hand she holds a ship's rudder resting on the ground, symbolising guidance and destiny, while her left arm cradles a cornucopia overflowing with abundance. The figure is depicted in a composed, classical stance characteristic of Hellenistic civic types. A Greek civic legend surrounds the type in the border of the flan, naming the presiding strategos and the civic authority of Pitane.
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