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Æ15 - Augustus ΜΗΤΡΩΝΑΞ ΖΩΠΥΡΟΥ
| Issuer | Erythrae, Ionia (civic coinage under Augustus) |
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| Year | 10 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | The Sibyl Herophile, the mythological prophetess closely associated with Erythrae, depicted seated to right upon a rocky outcrop and holding a laurel branch in her hand. The entire design is set within a wreath border. The civic ethnic ΕΡΥ appears in the field. The style is characteristic of late Hellenistic provincial bronze coinage of Ionia. |
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| Reverse description | The field bears a four-line Greek inscription naming the local magistrate responsible for the issue, reading ΜΗΤΡΩΝΑΞ / ΖΩΠΥΡΟΥ, identifying the stephanephoros or civic official Metronax, son of Zopyros. The lettering is arranged centrally within the plain field in the epigraphic convention typical of Augustan-era Ionian civic bronzes, where the magistrate's name and patronymic serve as the primary reverse type. |
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| Mintage | ND (-10) |
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