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Æ37 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡ ΤΒ (sic) ΚΛ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Stratonicea (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Confronted busts: laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing left, seen from the rear, opposite the draped bust of Plautilla facing right, set within a circular field. The two facing busts are rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Carian civic coinage, with careful attention to the distinction between the imperial military attire of Caracalla and the civilian drapery of Plautilla. A continuous Greek legend encircles the design in the outer field. |
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| Reverse description | Hecate standing facing, head turned to the left, wearing a kalathos (basket crown) atop her head, holding a patera in her extended right hand and a long torch in her left hand, with a dog seated or standing at her feet. The goddess is depicted in a statuesque, frontal pose consistent with her role as a chthonic deity, a subject of particular veneration at Stratonicea. The reverse legend naming the local magistrate and city encircles the design in the field. |
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Stratonicea, a city in Caria with deep roots in Seleucid settlement, was among the more active provincial mints under Severus — its civic coinage reflecting a local magistracy eager to advertise loyalty during a reign that began in civil war. The legend ΕΠΙ ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡ names a board of officials rather than a single magistrate, an administrative formula specific to this city's coinage and rarely seen elsewhere in the Alabanda conventus. The parenthetical "sic" in the catalog name flags a scribal or die-cutter error in the inscription, a not uncommon occurrence in provincial bronzes where the engraver worked from a written template he may not have fully understood.