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Æ16 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΦΡοΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 178-180 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful draped bust of Dionysus facing right, the head crowned with an ivy wreath rendered in the Hellenistic tradition characteristic of Carian civic coinage. The facial features display a soft, idealized quality befitting the god's youthful aspect, with loose locks of hair visible beneath the wreath. The drapery is indicated at the truncation of the bust. No obverse legend is present, the type relying solely on the divine image for identification. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Aphrodisias held a uniquely privileged position in the Roman provincial system — the city had been granted freedom and tax immunity by Augustus, a status jealously maintained and periodically reconfirmed through the imperial period. Coins struck under Marcus Aurelius here likely fall in the final two years of his reign, when his son Commodus had already been elevated to co-emperor, making sole-attribution issues from this window relatively narrow.