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Æ31 - Septimius Severus ΑΠΗΜΗ ΙΕΡΑ, ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#456 |
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| Reverse description | A covered ceremonial wagon (apene), depicted in profile moving to the right, drawn by a pair of horses. A driver is seated at the front of the vehicle, holding the reins. The scene refers to the sacred carriage used in the procession of the cult image of Artemis at Ephesus, reflecting the city's renowned religious traditions. The Greek legend is distributed around the periphery of the field, with the lower portion partially visible along the lower edge of the coin. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Apamea — spelled out in the reverse legend as ΑΠΗΜΗ ΙΕΡΑ — held the title "sacred city" under Roman administration, a designation that carried real civic weight in the competitive honorific culture of Asia Minor. Ephesus, as the seat of the conventus juridicus and effectively the Roman capital of the province, had the institutional prestige to issue coins acknowledging allied cities by name. This type belongs to that inter-city honorific coinage tradition, where the issuing mint essentially vouched for the named city's status within the Roman provincial hierarchy.