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Æ27 - Septimius Severus ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Acmonea (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the front, with articulated muscle cuirass visible at the truncation. The effigy displays the characteristic youthful portraiture associated with Caracalla as Caesar or co-emperor. The Greek imperial titulature legend surrounds the bust along the coin's periphery, with letters partially visible on the irregular flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Acmonea was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus belongs to the broader explosion of Greek Imperial bronze production that followed his consolidation of power after the civil wars of 193 AD. The city held conventus status under Apamea, meaning local disputes and Roman administrative business were handled there periodically — which gave even small Phrygian towns a practical incentive to maintain a visible civic coinage. No imperial mint operated anywhere near Phrygia; these bronzes were produced entirely under local civic authority, with the emperor's name borrowed as legitimizing currency rather than as any sign of central direction.