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Æ25 - Septimius Severus ΡΟΥΦΙΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚ, ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Bruzus (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΡΟΥΦΙΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚ, ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝΩΝ (Translation: Rufinus dedicated (this), of the Bruzians) |
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Bruzus was a minor Phrygian settlement in the conventus of Apamea whose civic coinage output was modest even by provincial standards. The dedicatory formula ΡΟΥΦΙΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚ identifies this piece as a civic dedication — a local magistrate or benefactor named Rufinus funded the striking, a common but historically grounding practice in which Anatolian elites subsidized coinage as a form of public munificence during the Severan period.