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Æ24 - Septimius Severus ΕΥΚΑΡΠΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Eucarpia (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΥΚΑΡΠΕΩΝ (Translation: of the Eucarpians) |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Eucarpia was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus reflects the broader explosion of provincial bronze issues that followed his victory in the civil wars of 193–197 AD. Cities across Asia Minor seized on the new dynasty's consolidation as an opportunity to assert local identity through coinage, and Eucarpia — never a major mint — produced a modest corpus during this reign. The conventus of Apamea administered several such communities, and their issues were functionally local, circulating within regional markets rather than across the empire.