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Æ30 - Severus Alexander ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑ (ΔΑΝΙ)
| Issuer | Scepsis (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, depicted from the rear in the characteristic three-quarter back view. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial style typical of the Mysian mint of Scepsis, with the paludamentum visible over the cuirass. The surrounding field carries the imperial titulature legend in Greek characters. |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the winged goddess of Victory, advancing to the left in full stride, her wings spread behind her. She carries a long palm branch in her left hand and extends a wreath forward in her right hand, rendered in the local provincial style of the Mysian Conventus of Adramyteum. The ethnic legend of the Scepsians, with the abbreviated Dardanian epithet, is disposed around the field in Greek characters. |
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| Mint | Scepsis, Mysia |
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