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AR24 - Septimius Severus L Γ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 194-195 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Septimius Severus facing right, draped and cuirassed, with characteristic bearded portrait in the Alexandrian style. The obverse legend runs around the periphery in Greek characters, reading ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤ ϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor with his imperial titulature. The portrait displays the emperor's well-known full beard and strong facial features consistent with Alexandrian tetradrachm portraiture of the early reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤ ϹΕΒ |
| Reverse description | Nilus, the personification of the River Nile, reclines to the left, holding a reed stalk in his raised right hand and a cornucopia in his left arm, symbolic of the river's agricultural abundance. Beneath the figure, a crocodile is depicted moving to the right, a characteristic Alexandrian reverse type closely associated with the Nile cult and Egyptian iconography. The regnal year legend L Γ (Year 3) appears in the field, dating the coin to the third year of Septimius Severus's reign in the Alexandrian calendar. The composition reflects the deeply rooted tradition of Nilotic imagery on Alexandrian billon tetradrachms. |
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