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Æ30 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ΑΡ ΚΟΡ ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥ ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Mint of Alinda, Caria |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing right, her hair elaborately waved and drawn back in the characteristic Severan style. The empress is depicted with her customary portraiture as Augusta, with drapery visible at the shoulder. A Greek legend encircles the bust within a dotted border, the surface now heavily patinated with dark green and brown encrustations consistent with extended burial. The portrait, though worn, retains the essential facial features and coiffure that identify the empress. |
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| Reverse description | Heracles standing facing, head turned to right, nude and powerfully built, holding his characteristic club in one hand and the Nemean lion skin draped over his arm. A small figure of Nike is positioned beside his head, flying right and extending a wreath to crown the hero, an iconographic motif associating imperial power with divine victory. The reverse legend naming the magistrate Menippos and the civic ethnic of Alinda runs around the field. The type reflects the widespread use of Heraclean imagery in Carian civic coinage of the Severan period. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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