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Æ13 ΑΡΧΙΕ ΓΡΑΜ ΓΛΑΥΚΩΝ ΕΦΕ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 509 BC - 27 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Octavia facing right, rendered in profile with carefully delineated hair swept back from the forehead in the characteristic Julio-Claudian style. The portrait is rendered in low relief typical of late Hellenistic civic bronze coinage, with naturalistic facial features and a softly modeled neck. No legend or inscription appears in the field surrounding the bust. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Glauko(n) held the office of archiereus grammateus — chief sacred secretary — at Ephesus during the late Hellenistic period, and his name on this issue reflects the civic magistrate coinage practice common to Ionian cities under the Roman Republic's reorganization of the Aegean conventus system. The grammateus role carried genuine religious and administrative weight at Ephesus, particularly in connection with the Artemision, one of the wealthiest temple complexes in the ancient world.