Æ46 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΩ Λ ΦΙΛΩΤΑ (sic), ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ

Mytilene, the dominant city of Lesbos, issued civic bronzes under named strategoi whose tenures can sometimes be cross-referenced across multiple coin types — the strategos Kornēlianos, son of Philōtas, appears in the magistrate inscription here with the telling "(sic)" indicating a scribal or die-cutter's error in the name rendering, a not uncommon occurrence in provincial bronze production where the engraver occasionally conflated or abbreviated the patronymic. The sheer size of this piece — a provincial giant by any measure — signals that Mytilene was producing prestige bronzes for display or ceremonial distribution rather than everyday exchange during the Severan reign.