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Æ29 - Severus Alexander ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Sebastopolis (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A veiled goddess stands facing, her right hand raised and her left hand holding a long torch. The figure is rendered in the hieratic provincial style typical of Carian civic bronzes, with drapery falling in vertical folds. The encircling legend identifies the issuing city. The type likely represents Hekate or a local tutelary deity venerated at Sebastopolis. |
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Sebastopolis was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under the Severan dynasty was modest in output and largely tied to the rhythms of the provincial conventus administered from Alabanda. The Conventus of Alabanda grouped together a collection of smaller inland communities whose individual issues rarely circulated far beyond local religious and commercial contexts — festival distributions and temple transactions account for most surviving examples.
The specific reference VI#5403 places this among a thinly documented series, and parallels are infrequently encountered at auction.