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Æ37 - Severus Alexander ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΥΡ ΛΟΥΚΙΟΥ Τ Β ΠΡΙΗΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Priene (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Weight | 23.47 g |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΥΡ ΛΟΥΚΙΟΥ Τ Β ΠΡΙΗΝΕΩΝ (Translation: under archon Aurelius Lucius for the second time, of the Prieneans) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Priene occupied a peculiar administrative position during the Severan period — a once-prominent Ionian city increasingly overshadowed by Miletus and Ephesus, yet still issuing civic bronze under its own magistrates. The inscription naming Aurelius Lukios as archon places this coin within a local euergetism framework, where magistrates funded coinage as a form of civic obligation rather than imperial directive.
At 37mm, this is among the larger civic bronzes Priene produced under Severus Alexander — a deliberate choice, as larger flans commanded more visible presence in local markets and public distributions.