Æ26 - Septimius Severus ΚΑΠΙ ΑΛΕ ΜΑΚ ΓΕΝ, ΗΡ

Capitolias was granted city status — and the right to strike coins — by the Flavians, likely under Vespasian, as part of Rome's systematic municipalization of the Decapolis region. The city's era dating begins in 97/98 AD, which allows this piece to be pinned to the reign year with unusual precision for a provincial bronze. Issues from Capitolias are scarce relative to better-documented Arabian mint cities like Bostra, partly because the city itself was small and its civic coinage output correspondingly limited. The legends reference the Macedonian tribal identity that Decapolis cities proudly claimed as Hellenistic colonial heritage.