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Æ24 - Severus Alexander COL ALE AVG (or AVG ALE) TROA
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A distyle temple depicted in three-quarter perspective view, shown from the right, with two prominent columns framing the entrance. Within the temple cella stands Apollo Smintheus, the patron deity of the Troad region, facing right and holding a bow in one hand and what appears to be a patera in the other. The architectural rendering is characteristic of the colonial coinage of Alexandria Troas, which frequently celebrated the local cult of Apollo Smintheus. The colonial legend is distributed around the reverse field. |
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Alexandria Troas held the status of a Roman colony — Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas — a distinction granted by Augustus and jealously maintained in civic coinage through the Severan period. Under Alexander Severus, the city's bronze issues reflect a municipal authority operating with considerable autonomy in its local monetary decisions, a privilege tied directly to its colonial standing rather than to any provincial administrative framework.
The VI#4029 reference places this within von Aulock's *Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum* corpus for the region.