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Æ25 - Septimius Severus ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΗϹ ΑΝΕ(Η)ΟΤΡΟΗΝ(Ν)
| Issuer | Otrus (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of the eponymous hero Otreus facing left, head turned right, with right foot resting on the prow of a ship, right hand raised in a gesture of address or salutation, and holding a spear in the left hand. The composition commemorates the civic dedication by the asiarch Alexandros, as indicated by the encircling Greek legend within a beaded border. |
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Otrus was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus frequently acknowledges the authority of the Asiarch — the presiding official of the imperial cult in Asia — as the magistrate responsible for the issue. The name preserved in the legend, Alexandros, identifies the local benefactor who funded or oversaw production, a common arrangement in which wealthy provincials underwrote civic bronze to advertise their status.
The garbled or variable spelling in the ethnic legend is well-documented across this series and likely reflects the limitations of local die-cutters rather than any institutional inconsistency.