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AR24 - Septimius Severus L Δ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 195-196 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Eusebeia (the personification of Piety) standing to the left, her figure draped in long robes. With her right hand she places incense upon a lighted altar at her side, while her left hand extends forward holding a box of incense. The regnal date L Δ (Year 4) appears in the field, denoting the fourth year of Septimius Severus's reign as reckoned by the Alexandrian calendar. |
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| Reverse lettering | L Δ |
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Year 4 of Severus's reign in the Alexandrian reckoning, falling during the period when he was actively fighting Pescennius Niger for control of the East. Alexandria had backed Niger initially, and Severus's subsequent treatment of the city was punitive — he withheld the civic senate (boulé) from Alexandria for decades as punishment, a grudge the city carried well into the third century.