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Æ36 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ΛΟΥΚΙΛΛΙΟΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ, ΑΡΧΟ, ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Sebaste (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing right, depicted from the rear in the characteristic three-quarter back view typical of Severan provincial coinage. The paludamentum is visible over the cuirass, and the laureate wreath crowns the imperial effigy. The surrounding field bears the Greek imperial titulature legend. The style is consistent with the provincial mint output of Phrygia under the Severan dynasty. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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Sebaste, a Phrygian city granted colonial honors under Augustus, maintained aggressive civic coinage programs under the Severan dynasty as part of a broader competition among Asian cities for imperial favor and the right to host provincial festivals. The magistrate named in this coin's legend — Loukilios Antonios — appears in only a handful of known issues, making his tenure unusually brief or poorly documented in surviving numismatic records.
V.2#120 places this among a tight cluster of Sebastene civic bronzes that rarely surface outside Turkish collections and regional auction houses.