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| Issuer | Hadrianopolis (Philomelium) (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#5807 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, depicted from a rear three-quarter perspective, presenting the emperor in full imperial military attire. The obverse legend encircles the bust, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. The portrait displays the characteristic youthful features associated with Alexander's coinage from the Phrygian civic mints, rendered in the provincial style typical of the Conventus of Philomelium. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ (Translation: for Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander) |
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Hadrianopolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the more famous Thracian city — was a minor civic mint operating under the authority of the Conventus of Philomelium. The magistrate name preserved in the legend, Menophilos, is otherwise sparsely attested, and the garbled ΕΠΙ Χ abbreviation preceding it suggests either a die-cutter working from a damaged or hastily prepared template, or a compressed formula for the fuller epistrategos title. These small Phrygian civic bronzes were produced in short runs tied to local festival or administrative cycles rather than any sustained civic coinage program.