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Æ34 - Septimius Severus ΑΡΧ ΦΛ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΥ, ΑΒΥΔ(ΝΩΝ)
| Issuer | Abydus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus, draped and holding a thyrsus in his left hand, is depicted seated upon a panther advancing to the right; his right arm rests upon the animal's back in a relaxed pose. The composition is typical of Dionysiac imagery on provincial coinage of Asia Minor, evoking the god's association with the panther as his sacred beast. The reverse legend, disposed around the field, names the local archon Flavius Proklos and the civic authority of the Abydans, a standard formula for magistrate-issue provincial bronzes of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Abydus occupied a position of genuine strategic consequence — the city sat at the narrowest point of the Hellespont, the crossing used by Xerxes, Alexander, and every subsequent commander who needed to move an army between Europe and Asia. The magistrate named in this issue, Fl. Proklos, is one of several local archons whose names survive only through the bronze coinage they authorized, making provincial issues like this one the sole documentary record of their administration under Severus.