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Æ14 Rod of Asklepios
| Issuer | Pergamon |
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| Year | 133 BC - 27 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ (Translation: The savior Asklepios) |
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Pergamon passed to Rome by bequest in 133 BC when Attalos III died without an heir, willing his kingdom directly to the Senate — an act that stunned the Greek world and triggered an immediate revolt under the pretender Aristonikos. The city continued striking autonomous-style bronze through that turbulent transition and well into the early imperial period, a conservative minting practice that reflected Pergamon's unusual status as a city that had effectively purchased its own privileges through a dead king's will.