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Æ30 - Septimius Severus ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, ΔΕΙΑ ΚΟΜΟΔΕΙΑ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | An agonistic table depicted in three-quarter perspective, supporting a large wreath-crown adorned with pendants or fruit, symbolic of the prize awarded at the Deian Commodian games. Two money bags or purses flank the table on either side, referencing the cash prizes of the sacred contest. The legend naming the civic community of the Laodiceans and the Deian Commodian games is inscribed within the field on the face of the table, enclosed within a rectangular panel. The whole is set within a beaded border, the reverse design constituting a rare attestation of this agonistic festival celebrated at Laodicea ad Lycum. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Laodicea ad Lycum, situated in the Lycus River valley of Phrygia, was a wealthy city whose civic pride manifested partly through competitive festival culture. The ΔΕΙΑ ΚΟΜΟΔΕΙΑ designation references games instituted in honor of Commodus, whose divine cult the city had cultivated — a political investment that became awkward after his damnatio memoriae in 193 AD, the very year Septimius Severus came to power. That this festival name survived into the Severan era on civic bronze suggests Laodicea either petitioned successfully to retain the games under a new theological framing or simply outlasted the formal condemnation at the provincial level.