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Æ29 - Severus Alexander ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Mamaea facing right, diademed, with elaborately coiffed hair. The effigy is rendered in the provincial workshop style characteristic of Ionian civic coinage of the Severan period. A Greek legend surrounds the portrait, reading ΙΟΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΕΑ ϹΕΒ, identifying the empress as Julia Mamaea Augusta, with the noted misspelling ΙΟΛΙΑ for ΙΟΥΛΙΑ. The flan is irregularly shaped, as is typical of provincial bronze issues of this era. |
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| Reverse description | The mythological founder Androklos strides vigorously to the right, clad in a billowing chlamys, poised to hurl his spear at a charging boar advancing from the left. A dog runs to the right at the feet of Androklos, alluding to the legendary founding of Ephesus as recounted in the myth of Androklos, here adapted for Samian civic coinage. The scene is rendered with dynamic energy characteristic of eastern provincial bronze issues of the Severan period. The ethnic legend ϹΑΜΙΩΝ appears in the field, identifying the issuing civic authority. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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