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Æ30 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ϹΤ ΚΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΦΑΝΟΥϹ, ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#647 |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Clodius Albinus as Caesar facing right, with short curly hair and a trimmed beard rendered in the provincial style. The effigy occupies the central field, with the circular Greek legend disposed around the periphery within a beaded border. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic provincial manner of the Severan period, with strong facial features and layered hair treatment. |
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| Reverse description | Cybele, the Magna Mater, seated left upon a high-backed throne, wearing a turreted crown (kalathos), extending her right hand holding a patera and resting her left arm upon a tympanum (drum). A lion crouches at her feet to the left, a typical attribute of the goddess. The composition is set within a beaded border, with the Greek legend of the magistrate and city name distributed around the periphery and appearing in a cartouche or tablet in the lower field. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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