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Æ32 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ΠΟ ΑΙΛ ΑΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΟΡΒΑΝΟΥ, ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Miletus (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Septimius Severus facing right, rendered from a rear three-quarter perspective, a characteristic convention in Provincial coinage of the Severan period. The effigy displays the emperor's military attire with the paludamentum draped over the cuirass. The encircling Greek legend names the emperor with his full imperial titulature. The portraiture reflects the robust, bearded physiognomy associated with Septimius Severus on eastern Provincial issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax) |
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Miletus had long ceased to be the dominant Ionian commercial power it once was, but the city retained enough civic pride — and enough wealth from its wool trade and sacred status at the Didymaion — to maintain an active bronze coinage under the Severan dynasty. The magistrate names in the legend, Poplaios Ailios Ailianos and Orbanos, anchor this piece to a specific civic administration, a detail that occasionally allows cross-referencing with local inscriptions from the same period.
Provincial bronzes of this size from Miletus are underrepresented in major collections relative to neighboring Ephesus and Smyrna.