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Æ44 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝΟϹ ΤΟΥ ϹΕΚΟΥΝΔΟΥ , ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ
| Issuer | Mytilene (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Tyche of Mytilene seated left on a throne, turreted and draped, holding a patera in her extended right hand and a Dionysiac term (herm) in her left. The figure is rendered in a dignified, frontal-leaning compositional style typical of large provincial bronzes. The city ethnic ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ appears in the exergue, with the magistrate's name disposed in the surrounding field and legend. A Greek circular inscription naming the strategos Artemon son of Secundus frames the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝΟϹ ΤΟΥ ϹΕΚΟΥΝΔΟΥ , ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ (Translation: under strategos Artemon, son of Secundus [---], of the Mytileneans) |
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Mytilene, the dominant polis of Lesbos, retained unusual civic autonomy under Rome — the island had sided with Pompey, then cleverly repositioned itself after Pharsalus, and emperors from Caesar onward periodically confirmed its "free city" status. The magistrate named in the legend, Artemon son of Secundus, is attested only through coins of this type; his strategos title indicates a local administrative office that the city used to assert civic identity on its bronze coinage. At 53 grams and 44mm, this is among the largest provincial bronzes produced in the Pergamene conventus.