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Æ25 - Severus Alexander Ε ϹΤ ΠΡΕΙΜΟΥ ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Lampsacus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Poseidon standing left in full figure, nude but for a chlamys draped over one arm, his left foot raised and resting upon the prow of a ship, holding a dolphin in his outstretched right hand and a long trident in his left. The deity's pose and attributes emphasize Lampsacus's maritime identity and its veneration of the sea god. The encircling Greek legend names the local strategos responsible for the issue and identifies the civic mint. The composition is characteristic of Mysian provincial bronze coinage of the Severan era. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lampsacus, positioned on the Hellespont's eastern shore, was a strategically vital port city whose civic coinage under Severus Alexander reflects a period of relative provincial stability following the chaos of the Severan succession. The magistrate name ΠΡΕΙΜΟΥ — Primus — appears in the nominative on the obverse, identifying the local official responsible for authorizing the issue, a naming convention used across the Conventus of Adramyteum to assign civic accountability for bronze production.
The conventus system grouped communities for administrative and judicial purposes under Roman provincial governance; Adramyteum served as the assize center for this northwestern Mysian district.