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Æ37 - Septimius Severus ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Synnada (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 21.17 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The emperor stands erect in a quadriga advancing to the right, depicted in a triumphant pose characteristic of Roman imperial iconography. Above, a winged Nike flies toward the emperor, extending both arms to offer two crowns in a gesture of divine victory. The composition reflects the celebratory themes common to provincial bronze coinage of the Severan period, emphasizing imperial triumph and divine favor. The ethnic legend ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ appears in the field, identifying the civic issuing authority of Synnada in Phrygia. |
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Synnada, a Phrygian city whose wealth derived largely from its nearby marble quarries — the celebrated *marmor Phrygium* prized across the Roman world for interior decoration — issued a substantial civic bronze coinage under Septimius Severus as part of the broader reassertion of provincial loyalty following the civil wars of 193. The conventus system gave cities like Synnada a formal administrative identity within the Roman assize circuit, and coin production was one of the clearest ways a polis signaled its standing within that hierarchy.
V.2#321 is not a common reference, and specimens of this module from Synnada turn up infrequently in the trade.