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| Issuer | Mint of Ephesus |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Weight | 9.66 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Otacilia Severa facing right, her hair elaborately waved and coiled, adorned with a diadem. The effigy is rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Ephesian civic coinage of the mid-3rd century AD. The encircling Greek legend runs around the periphery of the flan. The portrait displays the empress in imperial attire with visible drapery folds at the shoulder and chest. |
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| Reverse description | Artemis, the patron goddess of Ephesus, depicted standing to the right before a tree, in the act of drawing an arrow from the quiver at her shoulder while holding a bow in her other hand. A stag, sacred to the goddess, stands at her feet. The design reflects Ephesus's deep religious connection to the cult of Artemis and the city's pride in its neocorate status, proclaimed in the encircling legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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