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Æ24 - Severus Alexander COL A (E) AV TRO (C)
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A horse advancing to the right with head lowered in a grazing posture, rendered in compact provincial style within a dotted border. The animal is depicted in full body profile, with the legend distributed around the field. The lower portion of the reverse bears the terminal letters of the colonial inscription, partially visible in the exergual area. This type referencing the horse is a well-known civic emblem of the Augustan colony of Alexandria Troas. |
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| Mint | Alexandria Troas |
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Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony planted on the Troad coast, and its colonial bronzes under Severus Alexander reflect a mint operating with genuine civic pride — the city had obtained full Italian rights under Caracalla, meaning it paid no provincial taxes and ran its own affairs with unusual autonomy. That status likely funded the sustained coin production visible across this reign.
The reference VI#4012 places this within Bellinger's 1961 corpus, still the foundational catalogue for Troas colonial bronzes despite its age.