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| Issuer | Lampsacus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 169-175 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Ithyphallic cult statue of Priapus, bearded and standing left upon a rectangular base, depicted in the archaic xoanon style characteristic of his worship at Lampsacus. The deity extends a cantharus forward over a lighted altar and holds a long thyrsus in his other hand, referencing his role as a fertility and garden deity. The ethnic legend ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗΝΩΝ is inscribed around the reverse field, identifying the issuing city. The composition reflects the importance of the Priapus cult at Lampsacus, where the god was venerated as the city's principal deity. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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