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Æ32 - Septimius Severus ΑΜΟΡΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Amorium (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Diameter | 32 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing right, rendered in high relief with characteristic curly hair and short beard. The emperor wears articulated military cuirass with pteruges visible at the shoulder. A beaded border frames the entire field. The Greek imperial titulature legend runs around the periphery. |
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| Reverse description | Caracalla depicted standing facing with head turned to the left, laureate, positioned within a quadriga of horses shown in frontal view. The emperor holds a small statuette of Nike in his right hand and a long sceptre in his left. The composition conveys imperial triumph and divine favour, typical of provincial Phrygian coinage of the Severan period. A beaded border encircles the design, with the ethnic legend of Amorium inscribed in the exergual and peripheral field. |
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Amorium was a Phrygian city of modest standing that nonetheless maintained active civic coinage under the Severan dynasty, likely as a product of the broader boom in Greek imperial bronze issues that followed Septimius Severus's consolidation of power after the civil wars of 193–197. The city fell within the conventus of Synnada, one of the judicial districts through which Roman administrative authority was channeled across Asia Minor.
The ethnic ΑΜΟΡΙΑΝΩΝ on the reverse anchors the coin firmly to local civic identity rather than imperial mandate — these bronzes circulated for small transactions within the region and rarely traveled far.