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Æ27 - Septimius Severus COL IVL CONC AVG APAM D D
| Issuer | Apamea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Venus-Aphrodite seated to the left upon a dolphin, which curves beneath her as it swims leftward; a small Eros figure stands in the field before her. The composition reflects the maritime cult iconography associated with the colony of Apamea in Bithynia. The colonial legend is distributed around the periphery, with the decurional authorization abbreviation D D appearing in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Apamea in Bithynia was granted colonial status — and with it the right to strike bronze civic coinage — under Julius Caesar or Augustus, a privilege the city advertised aggressively on its issues for centuries afterward. The abbreviation COL IVL CONC in the legend references that founding grant directly, with CONCORDIA folded in as a civic virtue the colony wished to project. D D, decreto decurionum, confirms the issue was authorized by the local senate rather than imperial directive.
Severus's long reign produced enormous quantities of provincial bronze across the eastern cities, many issues tied to his campaigns against Pescennius Niger in 193–194, which passed directly through Bithynia.