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Æ25 - Septimius Severus ΕΠ ϹΤΡ Κ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΦΑΝΟΥϹ, ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#1488 |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Smyrna was among the most competitive cities in Roman Asia for the title of "First City," a rivalry it pressed aggressively through coin issues invoking civic prestige. The magistrate named in this legend, Aristophanes, served as strategos — a civic office that by the Severan period carried primarily ceremonial and administrative weight rather than military command. His name appearing on bronze coinage was a deliberate act of civic self-promotion as much as administrative record-keeping.
Provincial bronzes of Smyrna under Septimius Severus are well-attested but individual magistrate issues can be difficult to locate in complete die studies, with V.2 #1488 representing one of the less frequently traded references in the Smyrnaean sequence.