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Æ25 - Septimius Severus ΚΑΙΚ ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟϹ ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝ (Ν), ΑΝΕΘΗ (ΕΝ)
| Issuer | Bruzus (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#549 |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus) |
| Reverse description | Hygieia, goddess of health, standing facing right in long draped chiton and himation, holding a large serpent in her left arm and extending a patera in her right hand from which the serpent feeds. The composition is well-centred within the field, with the dedicatory Greek legend distributed around the periphery in a manner typical of civic bronze coinage of the Conventus of Apamea. The type reflects the religious and civic benefaction of a local magistrate. |
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Bruzus was a minor Phrygian settlement whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus depended entirely on the goodwill of appointed Roman governors — the magistrate name preserved in the obverse legend, Rufinus, is otherwise unattested in the epigraphic record for this conventus, making this issue one of the few surviving traces of his tenure. The ΑΝΕΘΗ formula indicates a dedicatory issue, likely tied to a local religious or civic occasion rather than routine circulation.