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AR25 - Septimius Severus L Ε
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 196-197 |
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| Weight | 11.58 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed and draped bust of Caracalla as Caesar facing right, seen from the rear, with youthful features and short curled hair. The obverse legend surrounds the bust in Greek characters, reading Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ. The portrait exhibits the characteristic Alexandrian provincial style, with modest relief and naturalistic treatment of the drapery folds at the shoulder. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus standing to left, his right hand extending forward to pour a libation from a patera over a small lighted altar at his feet, while his left hand rests on a tall vertical sceptre. The figure is rendered in the classical Alexandrian provincial tradition, with the deity depicted in full-length stance. The regnal year inscription L Ε (year 5) appears in the field, denoting the fifth year of Septimius Severus's reign in the Egyptian calendar. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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