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Æ26 - Severus Alexander Ε ϹΤ ΠΡΕΙΜΟΥ ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Lampsacus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, depicted with an aegis draped at the shoulder, presented in a three-quarter frontal view. The imperial effigy is rendered in the characteristic provincial style of the Mysian mint at Lampsacus. The obverse legend encircles the bust in Greek characters, identifying the emperor by his titles. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Μ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Severus Alexander) |
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Lampsacus, positioned on the Asian shore of the Hellespont, was a city with deep Greek roots and a long history of civic coinage stretching back centuries before Roman rule. Under Severus Alexander, provincial mints across Mysia continued issuing bronze for local circulation, with magistrate names — here Primus — recorded on the dies as a form of civic accountability. The strategos or grammateus responsible for a given issue was named on the coin itself, making attribution to a specific administrative moment possible even two millennia later.