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Æ15 ΙΣ ΔΗΜ; ΑΝΤΙΠ ΛΕΠΙ
| Issuer | Antipolis (Gallia Narbonensis) |
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| Year | 44 BC - 27 BC |
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| Weight | 2.2 g |
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| Reverse description | Nike standing, crowning a military trophy with a wreath, depicted in a dynamic pose characteristic of Hellenistic iconography. The trophy, composed of captured arms and armour, stands prominently in the field. The Greek legend ΑΝΤΙΠ, an abbreviation for Antipolis, and ΛΕΠΙ, a reference to the Roman proconsul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, appear in the field, attesting to the hybrid Greco-Roman civic authority behind the issue. |
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| Mint | Antipolis, Gaul, modern-day Antibes, France |
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Antipolis — modern Antibes — was a Massalian colonial foundation that gained direct Roman oversight after Massalia backed Pompey in the civil war and lost its autonomy to Caesar in 49 BC. This bronze issue belongs to the decades immediately following that transfer, when local Gallic communities along the Ligurian coast were navigating the transition from Greek-influenced civic administration to Roman provincial governance. The magistrate abbreviations ΑΝΤΙΠ ΛΕΠΙ likely reflect a hybrid civic structure still operating in Greek while answering to Roman authority.