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| Issuer | Saitta (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Weight | 46.43 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Septimius Severus facing right, depicted in three-quarter front view, with a gorgoneion (Medusa head apotropaic device) prominently displayed on the cuirass breastplate. The portrait is rendered in the bold, provincial style characteristic of Asia Minor civic bronzes of the Severan period. The obverse legend encircles the bust in Greek characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤΙ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax) |
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| Mintage | ND (193-211) |
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