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Æ36 - Severus Alexander ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΠΛΟΥΤΙΑΔΟΥ ΒΑΡΓΑϹΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Bargasa (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Severus Alexander facing right, depicted from the rear in three-quarter view, a presentation characteristic of later Severan provincial coinage. The obverse legend encircles the imperial effigy in Greek characters, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. The portraiture reflects the conventional idealized rendering common to civic bronze issues of Caria during the early third century AD. |
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| Reverse description | Emperor on horseback prancing to the right, clad in a chlamys, his right arm raised and poised to thrust a spear downward toward a fallen enemy beneath the horse's hooves. The composition follows the well-established provincial iconographic type of the imperial equestrian triumph, conveying military virtue and dominion. The reverse field is occupied by the dedicatory legend naming the local grammateus Aurelius Ploutiades and the civic ethnic of Bargasa, arranged around the central figural scene. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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