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Æ30 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΕΙΡΗΝΑΙΟΥ, Β ΧΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Chios (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Two deities standing facing one another in the field: Apollo stands to the left, head turned to right, holding a patera in his extended right hand and resting his left arm on his hip; to his right, Dionysus stands facing with head turned to left, holding a cantharus over a lighted altar and supporting a long thyrsus in his left hand. A crescent with horns upward appears between the two figures in the upper field. The Greek magistrate's legend identifying the issuing archon is inscribed around the periphery. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Chios retained the right to strike local bronze under Roman provincial authority — a privilege tied to the island's long history of loyalty to Rome and its status as a civitas libera. The magistrate name preserved in the legend, Eirenaeus, is otherwise unattested in the epigraphic record for the island, making this issue a rare primary source for local administrative personnel during the Severan period.