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Coin of Stratonicea with Septimius Severus

Coin of Stratonicea with Septimius Severus

r. 193 - 211 CE

Septimius Severus

Roman Provincial

Obv: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to r., laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to l. (erased in antiquity as part of damnatio memoriae), countermarked twice: head of Roma in small oval between the busts and “theou” in rectangular frame below Geta. ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ ΑΥ Κ Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ Ϲ Κ Rev: Zeus panamaros on horseback to r., lighted altar at r. ΕΠ ΠΡΥ ΕΠΙΤΥΝΧΑΝΟΝΤΟϹ Γ ΦΙΛΩΝΟϹ; ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ in exergue

Copper Alloy

Roman Imperial period

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