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Æ36 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ΦΛ ΛΕΟΝΤΟϹ ΑΡΧ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Stratonicea (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Hecate standing facing, her head turned to the left, wearing a kalathos (basket crown) atop her head, holding a patera in one hand and a flaming torch in the other, with a dog seated at her feet. The deity is rendered in the hieratic provincial style typical of Carian civic bronzes, reflecting the strong local cult of Hecate associated with nearby Lagina. The reverse legend names the issuing magistrate and city in the exergual and surrounding field area. The composition underscores Stratonicea's deep religious association with the goddess Hecate. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΦΛ ΛΕΟΝΤΟϹ ΑΡΧ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ (Translation: under Flavius Leon, archon, of the Stratoniceans) |
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Stratonicea, a city in Caria that had long leveraged its status as a major cult center of Zeus Panamaros and Hecate, produced civic bronzes under local magistrates whose names appear in the inscriptions — here Flavius Leon, the archon responsible for this issue. The city had supported Septimius Severus during the civil wars following the death of Pertinax, a loyalty that likely preserved its minting privileges through his reign.
The magistrate formula ΕΠΙ ΦΛ ΛΕΟΝΤΟϹ ΑΡΧ places this squarely within Stratonicea's civic series, where the archon's name anchored the issue's authority rather than any imperial office.