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Æ28 - Septimius Severus ϹΤΡ ΒΑϹΟΥ ΠΙΟΝΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Pionia (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing right, her hair elaborately waved and dressed in the characteristic Severan style, coiled at the nape. The imperial title legend ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹΕΒ surrounds the effigy, and a dotted border frames the entire design. The portrait exhibits the naturalistic style typical of provincial bronze coinage struck under the Severan dynasty. |
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| Reverse description | A tetrastyle temple with four columns shown in elevation, enclosing a standing figure of Athena facing, head turned to left, wearing a kalathos on her head and holding a bow. The civic legend ϹΤΡ ΒΑϹΟΥ ΠΙΟΝΙΤΩΝ, identifying the strategos Basos and the community of the Pionitai, is distributed within and around the temple structure. The composition reflects the common honorific temple-type reverses of Mysian provincial coinage during the Severan period. |
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Pionia was a minor Mysian city whose coins survive in embarrassingly small numbers — the settlement itself barely registers in ancient sources beyond Pliny's passing mention. Issues attributed to the Adramyteum conventus under Severus reflect Rome's administrative reorganization of Asia Minor's judicial districts, where local magistrates competed for the prestige of issuing civic bronze, the strategos named on this piece serving as both financial and civic authority.