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Æ27 - Septimius Severus ϹΤΡ ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥϹ, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΘ (Ρ (Ι (Τ (ΩΝ)
| Issuer | Hadrianotherae (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 12.55 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The emperor, identified as Septimius Severus, is depicted on horseback at full gallop to the right, his right arm raised in a gesture of salutation or command. The horse is shown with forelegs raised, conveying a dynamic sense of imperial military authority. A Greek legend naming the strategos Diogenes and the civic ethnic of the Hadrianotheritans runs around the field within a border, typical of provincial civic coinage of the Severan period. |
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Hadrianotherae was a small Mysian city whose very name advertised its imperial foundation — Hadrian established it, likely as a hunting preserve, sometime in the early second century. Provincial bronzes struck there under Septimius Severus are uncommon; the city's mint output was modest throughout its history, and the magistrate name preserved in this issue, Diogenes, is one of the few administrative details that survives for the city at all.