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                <title>Roman Provincial Coin Type struck under Severus Alexander from Samos in Ionia</title>
                                    <editor>Jerome Mairat supported by a fine-tuned OpenAI GPT-4o mini model</editor>
                                    <funder>John Fell OUP Research Fund</funder>
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                            <origDate datingMethod="#julian" notBefore-custom="222" notAfter-custom="235">Severus Alexander</origDate>
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                <date>2024-01-04 17:50:25</date>
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						<persName type="emperor">
						    <rs type="title" key="Imperator"><expan><abbr>Αὐτ</abbr><ex>οκράτωρ</ex></expan></rs>
						    <name type="title" key="Caesar"><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>αῖσαρ</ex></expan></name>
						    <name type="praenomen" key="Marcus"><expan><abbr>Μ</abbr><ex>ᾶρκος</ex></expan></name>
						    <name type="nomen" key="Aurelius"><expan><abbr>Αὐρ</abbr><ex>ήλιος</ex></expan></name>
						    <name type="cognomen" key="Alexander">Ἀλέξανδρος</name>
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						    <name type="ethnic" key="Samians">Σαμίων</name>
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                    <ab n="obverse">Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander</ab>
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                    <ab n="reverse">of the Samians</ab>
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                <div type="commentary" subtype="face" n="obv"><p>laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear</p></div>
                <div type="commentary" subtype="face" n="rev"><p>Hera of Samos standing, facing, wearing kalathos entwined by serpent, holding patera in each hand, having fillets on either side, to left, and female veiled goddess (Demeter, Nemesis?) standing facing, to right</p></div>
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                        <ref target="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/53749">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/53749</ref>
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