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Æ32 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ Γ ΑΝ ΝΙΓΡΕΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΥΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ ΟΤΡΟΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Otrus (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of the eponymous city-god Otreus, turned to the left with head inclined to the right, the right foot resting upon the prow of a ship, the right hand raised in a gesture of salutation or address, while the left hand holds a long spear and bunched drapery. The composition reflects standard provincial civic iconography, associating the city's founding hero with maritime or riverine symbolism. The encircling Greek legend names the local magistrate responsible for the coin issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Otrus was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage depended almost entirely on the prestige of local magistrates willing to fund issues at their own expense — the inscription naming Gaius Antonius Nigreinus as archon and son of an Asiarch is effectively a record of private patronage dressed as civic authority. The Asiarchs were among the wealthiest figures in the province, drawn from elite families who competed for the title partly through exactly this kind of public spending.
Nigreinus's father having held the Asiarchy places this issue within a specific stratum of provincial aristocracy during Severus's reign, when such displays of loyalty to Rome through coinage were politically prudent.