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Æ32 - Septimius Severus ΦΙΛΟΜΗ (ΕΩΝ) ΕΠΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ
| Issuer | City of Philomelium (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 23.14 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right |
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| Reverse description | Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear; shield resting on spear; at her feet, left, serpent |
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Philomelium, a Phrygian city on the road between Laodicea Combusta and Iconium, issued civic bronzes under its own magistrates throughout the Severan period — the legend naming ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ identifies the local strategos responsible for authorizing this particular emission. Such magistrate-linked issues were administrative acts as much as monetary ones, tying civic prestige directly to the official who ordered the strike.
Severus spent much of his reign at war — the Parthian campaigns of 197–199 being the most demanding — and provincial mints across Asia Minor continued producing bronze for local circulation entirely independent of Roman imperial oversight.