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Æ33 - Severus Alexander ΕΠ Π ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ ΡΕΩϹ ΚΕ ΑΓΑΘΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡ ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Tabala (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tabala was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage depended almost entirely on the goodwill of local magistrates willing to fund bronze issues at their own expense — the dual magistrate formula in this coin's legend, naming both a strategos and an agoranomos, reflects exactly that arrangement. Such joint sponsorship was not routine; it suggests either a single combined ceremony or a financial partnership between two officeholders to cover minting costs.
The city struck remarkably few types under Severus Alexander, making this large module piece among the more substantial civic bronzes attributable to Tabala's otherwise sparse output.