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Æ38 - Severus Alexander ΑΡΧ Μ ΑΥΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΤΑΒΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tabae (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Weight | 24.45 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tabae was a Phrygian city of middling regional importance whose civic coinage under Severus Alexander reflects the competitive honorific culture of the Greek East — local magistrates funded issues at their own expense to advertise their standing, which is why the archon's name dominates the coin's authority line. The Conventus of Alabanda grouped several inland Phrygian and Carian communities for Roman administrative and judicial purposes, and Tabae's participation in that framework gave it access to the legal infrastructure needed to authorize bronze civic issues of this size.
At 38mm, this falls among the largest module struck by the city, typically reserved for issues tied to significant magistracies or imperial accession celebrations.