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Æ37 - Septimius Severus ΑΡΧ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΑΒΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tabae, Caria (Provincial mint under Roman Imperial authority) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 25.85 g |
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| Reverse description | Two deities stand facing one another within the field: to the left, Artemis stands facing right, wearing a Phrygian cap, in the act of drawing an arrow from the quiver at her shoulder while holding a bow in her extended hand; to the right, the lunar god Mên stands facing left, also wearing a Phrygian cap, holding a patera in one hand and a tall sceptre in the other. The composition reflects the prominent local cults of Tabae in Caria. The reverse legend ΑΡΧ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΑΒΗΝΩΝ, naming the local magistrate Artemidoros and the city of Tabae, is distributed around the field within a dotted border. |
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| Mint | Tabae, Caria, Turkey |
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Tabae was a minor Phrygian-border city in Caria whose civic bronze issues depended heavily on the personal initiative of local magistrates — the archon Artemidoros named in this coin's legend funded and oversaw this striking at his own civic expense, a common arrangement in Asia Minor that tied a magistrate's political reputation directly to the quality and volume of coinage he produced. The reign of Septimius Severus saw a marked surge in provincial civic bronzes across Asia Minor, partly because Severus actively courted eastern cities following his civil war victories over Pescennius Niger, whose support base had been concentrated precisely in this region.