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Æ24 - Septimius Severus ϹΤ Τ Κ ΠΕΙϹ ΤΗΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Teos (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#28453 |
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| Reverse description | Artemis, the principal deity of the region, depicted advancing to the right in a dynamic hunting pose, reaching back to draw an arrow from a quiver slung over her shoulder while holding a bow in her extended hand. The goddess is shown in short chiton, consistent with her role as divine huntress. The reverse legend, arranged around the figure, records the name and title of the local strategos Tiberius Claudius Pisoninus, following the standard eponymous magistrate formula of Ionian civic coinage under the Severan dynasty. The workmanship reflects the provincial hammered technique typical of the Smyrna conventus. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Teos, a coastal Ionian city best known in antiquity as the birthplace of the lyric poet Anacreon, issued bronze coinage under Septimius Severus as part of the broader civic minting activity that flourished when provincial cities competed for imperial favor during his reign. The city belonged to the conventus of Smyrna, one of the most administratively significant assize districts in the province of Asia, which gave Teos indirect access to the legal and commercial networks centered on that city.
The abbreviation ϹΤ in the obverse legend likely contracts a civic title or magistrate's name — a common feature of Ionian civic bronzes that makes attribution and die-linking particularly laborious for this series.