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Æ38 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΦΛ ΑΒΑϹΚΑΝΤΟΥ, ΕΡΥΘΡΑΙωΝ
| Issuer | Erythrae (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Tetrastyle temple façade with four columns shown in elevation, enclosing an archaic xoanon-type cult statue of Heracles Ipoctonos standing facing, the figure brandishing a club in one raised hand while holding a spear in the other, reflecting the distinctive ancient iconographic tradition of this Erythraean deity. The architectural rendering includes a pediment above the columns, consistent with the depiction of the celebrated sanctuary of Heracles at Erythrae. The reverse legend, distributed in the field around the temple, records the name of the local strategos responsible for the issue, identifying the civic magistrate Titus Flavius Abascantos and the issuing community of the Erythraeans. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Erythrae, a coastal polis on the Ionian shore facing Chios, held genuine civic pride in its oracle of the Sibyl Herophile — one of the most ancient prophetic traditions in the Greek world — and its coinage under Septimius Severus reflects a city still asserting independent municipal identity through the strategos system. The magistrate named in the legend, Titus Flavius Abaskantus, is otherwise unattested in the epigraphic record, making this bronze one of the few surviving anchors for his office.