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Æ20 - Augustus ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΓΤ
| Issuer | Apamea ad Orontes (Syria) |
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| Year | 10 BC - 9 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Bare or laureate head of Augustus facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition with softly modelled features typical of early Imperial provincial coinage. The portrait displays the characteristic idealized physiognomy associated with Augustan imagery, with a wreath of laurel leaves and berries crowning the head. The field is plain, with no visible legend on the obverse, consistent with civic bronze issues of Apamea ad Orontes of this period. The die work reflects competent but provincial engraving, with some irregularity in the flan edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ ΓΤ MA (Translation: [Coin] of the sacred and asylum (city) of the Apameans, (year) 303, MA) |
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The civic era date ΓΤ (year 303) places this issue in 10/9 BC under the Seleucid-derived municipal calendar that Apamea retained long after Roman absorption of Syria in 64 BC. Apamea's designation as *hiera kai asylos* — sacred and inviolable — was a formal legal status conferring sanctuary rights, a distinction the city actively promoted on its coinage as a reminder of its civic privileges under Roman provincial administration.