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Æ33 - Severus Alexander ΜΑΡΚΟϹ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΗΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΥϹΙ
| Issuer | Temenothyrae (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#4548 |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed, diademed bust of Demos, draped, facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of the Severan period. The legend ΔΗΜΟϹ ΦΛΑΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ runs around the periphery of the flan, partially within a beaded border. The portrait exhibits the idealized civic personification of the people of Flaviopolis, with gently curling hair and a simple diadem. A small hole, likely pierced in antiquity for use as a pendant or suspension piece, is visible near the upper right rim. |
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| Reverse description | A female figure, possibly Tyche or a local deity, stands facing with head turned to the left. In her right hand she holds a patera extended over a lighted altar, performing a libation, while in her left hand she holds a statuette, tentatively identified as either an imperial effigy of Severus Alexander or the lunar deity Mên, depicted standing and holding a spear. The composition is characteristic of Lydian civic coinage of the Severan era, emphasizing ritual piety and local religious custom. The Greek legend naming the first archon Marcus frames the field around the central type. |
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| Mintage | ND (222-235) |
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