Æ47 - Severus Alexander ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΟΥ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ

Apollonis was a small Lydian city whose civic coinage under Severus Alexander relied heavily on the prestige of its strategoi — the magistrates named on issues like this one. Aur. Tertullus Glyconianus, whose name fills the obverse legend, was a local official whose appointment under the Pergamene conventus gave him the authority to authorize the mint. These large-module bronzes were almost certainly produced for ceremonial or festival distribution rather than everyday commerce — a 47mm bronze at nearly 49 grams does not pass easily across a market counter.