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Æ38 - Septimius Severus ΠΡΥ ΖΩϹΙΜΟϹ ΤΟΥ ΠΟϹΙϹΤΟΥ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Stratonicea (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 26.48 g |
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| Obverse description | Confronted draped and cuirassed busts of Caracalla, laureate, and Geta, bare-headed, facing one another across the field. The two imperial effigies are rendered in profile, occupying the central zone of the flan, with the encircling Greek legend distributed around the periphery. The jugate presentation emphasizes the dynastic co-rulership of the Severan princes. The portraiture, though worn, retains the characteristic Severan style of closely cropped hair and military dress. |
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| Reverse description | Hecate standing facing, her head turned to the left, wearing a kalathos (cylindrical polos) upon her head. She holds a patera in her right hand and a long torch in her left, with a hound seated at her feet below. The goddess is depicted in full frontal stance with finely draped robes, consistent with her chthonic iconography as venerated at Stratonicea. The reverse legend, naming the local magistrate Zosimos son of Posistos, encircles the field in Greek characters. |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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