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Æ30 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ϹΤ (Α) (Λ) ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ ϹΟ (Ι), ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Smyrna was among the most politically aggressive cities in Roman Asia when it came to courting imperial favor, and the inclusion of a strategos name in the legend — here Rufinus — reflects the city's practice of embedding local magistrates into the coin's authority chain, a habit that doubled as civic self-promotion. Severus himself had reason to reward Smyrna's loyalty: the city backed him during the civil war against Pescennius Niger, whose support base lay heavily in the eastern provinces.