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Æ26 - Septimius Severus ΚΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Cius (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#70685 |
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| Reverse description | Apollo depicted standing facing with head turned to the right, wearing a long chiton that falls to his feet. The god holds a plectrum in his extended right hand and cradles a lyre in his left arm, attributes closely associated with his role as patron of music and the arts. The composition is typical of provincial Bithynian coinage of the Severan period, rendered in a classical style. The ethnic legend ΚΙΑΝΩΝ appears in the field, identifying the issuing city of Cius. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Cius, a port city on the Propontis, was refounded and renamed Prusias ad Mare sometime in the early second century BC after Prusias I of Bithynia razed and rebuilt it — making its continued use of the ethnic ΚΙΑΝΩΝ on civic bronzes during the Severan period a deliberate act of local identity, preserving a name the city no longer officially held.