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Æ35 - Severus Alexander ΕΠ ϹΤΡ Π ΑΙ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ Τ Β ΕΡΥΘΡΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Erythrae (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, seen from the rear, rendered in the typical provincial style of Asia Minor. The effigy presents the emperor in military dress with paludamentum visible over the cuirassed shoulder. The encircling obverse legend in Greek characters runs around the bust within the coin's field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander) |
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Erythrae was a mid-tier Ionian polis by the Severan period, punching above its weight by securing the right to strike large civic bronzes under Alexander's reign. The magistrate named in the legend — Attallus, serving as strategos for the second time (the Τ Β denoting a second term) — was likely a local benefactor who funded the issue himself, a common arrangement in the Greek East where minting rights were effectively purchased through civic generosity.
The Conventus of Smyrna administered a sprawling coastal district, and Erythraean issues from this period are notably scarce in comparison to neighbors like Smyrna or Ephesus.