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Æ45 - Severus Alexander ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Γ ΑΡΟΥΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΥ ΙΠΠΙΚΟΥ (?) ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Thyatira (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Weight | 34.85 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the front, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The emperor's portrait displays characteristic youthful features, with the laurel wreath clearly articulated atop the head. A circular Greek legend runs around the periphery, separated from the bust by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Thyatira, a Lydian city whose prosperity rested almost entirely on its dyeing and wool-working guilds, was an unusually active producer of large civic bronze under Severus Alexander. The magistrate name preserved in the obverse legend — partially reconstructed as Arounantinous Hippikos — has been a source of ongoing debate among specialists, with the question mark in the standard reference reflecting genuine uncertainty about whether the reading represents one official or two names conflated by the die-cutter.
VI#4399 is among the larger module pieces from this conventus, a size class Thyatira reserved for issues tied to specific festival cycles or benefactions.