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Æ26 - Septimius Severus ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Iuliopolis (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tetrastyle temple depicted in elevation, its four columns framing the standing figure of Tyche facing, head turned to left, holding a ship's rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left; a wreath is visible within the pediment above. The civic legend of Iuliopolis is inscribed around the design. The composition reflects the standard iconography of a city's tutelary deity enshrined within her temple, a common type on Bithynian provincial bronzes of the Severan era. |
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Iuliopolis was a minor Bithynian city of disputed origin — ancient sources disagree on whether it was founded as a Galatian settlement or refounded under Julius Caesar, from whom it claimed its name. Under Septimius Severus it held no strategic importance, yet civic bronze issues like this one were a matter of local pride and administrative function, filling the small-denomination gap that imperial coinage rarely bothered to address in the eastern provinces.
The city's output under Severus is sparsely documented, and V.2#71424 represents one of the thinner threads in the provincial corpus.