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Æ29 - Philip I ΑΥΡ ΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΓΡ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nysa (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, facing right, wearing a stephane (diadem) and necklace, with elaborately waved and coiled hair arranged in the court fashion typical of the Severan period. The effigy is rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of the Lydian mint at Nysa. The encircling Greek legend reads ΩΤΑΚΙΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ, identifying the empress as Augusta. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of fortune and civic prosperity, depicted standing to the left in long draped garments, holding a ship's rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia (horn of plenty) in her left arm, attributes emblematic of her role as guardian of the city's fortune. The figure is rendered in the characteristic provincial style of Lydian civic coinage under Philip I. The multi-line Greek legend in the field names the local magistrate responsible for the coinage issue. |
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