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Æ16 - Trajan ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Cotiaeum (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Weight | 2.83 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Trajan facing right, rendered in the naturalistic Trajanic portrait style typical of provincial bronzes. The imperial effigy displays characteristic features including the short-cropped hair beneath the laurel wreath. A circular Greek legend runs around the periphery of the flan, partially visible within the beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ Α(Ρ) (Translation: Emperor Nerva Trajan Optimus) |
| Reverse description | Full-length frontal cult statue of Artemis Ephesia (Ephesian Artemis) standing erect on a base or plinth, her body rendered in the rigid, xoanon-like manner characteristic of her cult image, with multiple rows of breast-like protuberances on the torso and lateral supports or stags flanking the figure. The reverse legend, naming the local magistrate Varus and the city of the Cotiaeans, is arranged in a circular inscription around the periphery within a beaded border. |
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