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Æ25 - Septimius Severus Ι) (Λ) ΖΗΝΩΝ ΑΝ (ΘΗ) ΑΦΡΟΔΙϹΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 8.27 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of the personified Senate (Senatus) facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Carian civic coinage of the Severan period. The effigy displays a radiate or stephane-crowned head with detailed drapery visible at the truncation. The surrounding field carries the Greek legend ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ, identifying the subject as the Sacred Senate. The portrait occupies the full flan, with the legend distributed around the periphery. |
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| Reverse description | A leafless tree with three bare branches rising from a single central trunk dominates the field, serving as the focal point of the mythological scene. To the left, a figure dressed in Phrygian costume raises a double axe in a threatening gesture toward the tree. To the right, a second figure in Phrygian attire kneels with face averted, as if in submission or fear. The scene likely references a local Anatolian myth connected to the worship of Kybele or a related chthonic deity. The dedicatory legend of the magistrate Tiberius Claudius Zeno encircles the design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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