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Æ31 - Severus Alexander ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΡ ΑϹΙΑϹ Γ ΝΕ ΤΩΝ ϹΕΒ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Ionia, Roman Provincial Mint) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Veiled and draped bust of Demeter Horia (personifying Asia) facing left, holding corn ears in one hand and a cornucopia in the other, rendered in the naturalistic provincial style typical of Smyrnaean civic coinage. The legend ΕΠ Ϲ Μ ΟΥΙΝΙ ΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΥ is inscribed in the field, naming the presiding strategos Marcus Vinicius Polites under whose authority the issue was struck. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΠ Ϲ Μ ΟΥΙΝΙ ΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΥ (Translation: under the strategos Marcus Vinicius Polites) |
| Reverse description | Amazon Smyrna, the eponymous founder and personification of the city, standing facing with head turned to the left, dressed in a chlamys. She holds a patera in her right hand, a double axe (labrys) in her left hand, and a pelta (Amazon's crescent shield). At her feet rests a prow, symbolising Smyrna's maritime prominence. The surrounding legend proclaims the city's triple neocorate status and primacy in Asia. |
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