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Æ16 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Acrasus (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 178-179 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the civic goddess of fortune, standing left in full figure, wearing a kalathos (basket crown) atop her head, draped in a long chiton and himation. She holds a rudder downward in her right hand, symbolising the guidance of destiny, and a cornucopia in her left arm, signifying abundance. The ethnic legend ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ runs around the field within a beaded border, identifying the issuing city of Acrasus. |
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Acrasus was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage output was modest even by provincial standards. This piece falls within the co-reign of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, following the latter's elevation to Augustus in 177 AD — a political arrangement that explains the burst of provincial loyalty issues across the Pergamene conventus in 178–179, as cities scrambled to acknowledge the new dynastic reality.