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Æ28 - Septimius Severus ΕΠ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Philadelphia (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta as Caesar facing right, with youthful features and short curly hair, depicted from the rear shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the provincial style typical of the Lydian conventus, with the paludamentum visible at the truncation. The Greek legend encircles the bust in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Philadelphia in Lydia — modern Alaşehir in western Turkey — was among the last cities in Asia Minor to resist Roman administrative pressure, retaining its Hellenistic civic traditions well into the imperial period. The magistrate named in this issue, Iulianus, held the title of strategos, the senior local office responsible for overseeing civic coinage within the Sardis conventus. His name appearing on the die places this squarely within the provincially administered bronze coinage that Septimius Severus largely left undisturbed as he consolidated power following the chaos of 193 AD's four-emperor succession crisis.