Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ36 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ΠΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΔΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Stratonicea (Conventus of Alabanda) |
|---|---|
| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Confronted busts of Septimius Severus and Geta: laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from the rear, with a gorgoneion visible on the cuirass, facing the laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to left. The two imperial effigies are presented face-to-face in a dynastic pairing composition characteristic of Severan provincial coinage. The surrounding Greek legend identifies both rulers. The flan is broad and irregular, typical of the large-module civic bronzes struck at Stratonicea in Caria. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
| Additional information |
Stratonicea's civic bronzes under Septimius Severus are tied directly to the city's status within the Alabanda conventus — one of the judicial districts Rome used to administer Asia Minor, where local magistrates competed fiercely for the honor of having their names on civic coinage. The magistrate named here, Juliados son of Hierokles, is attested on only a handful of known specimens, suggesting a short tenure or a limited authorised striking.
Stratonicea itself had been refounded and renamed under earlier Seleucid patronage before passing into Roman hands, and it retained strong civic pride in that Hellenistic heritage well into the Severan period.