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Æ16 - Trajan ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Tiberiopolis (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Weight | 2.36 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Demos personified, facing right, depicted as a mature male figure with curly hair and drapery visible at the shoulder. The legend ΔΗΜΟϹ appears in the field, identifying the civic personification of the People of Tiberiopolis. The portrait is rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Asia Minor civic coinage under Trajan. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tiberiopolis was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Trajan represents one of the more obscure corners of provincial bronze production in the Sardis conventus. The city's name honored the Julio-Claudian dynasty long after that house had fallen, a piece of local political memory that outlasted its relevance by decades.
At 2.36g, this piece sits toward the lighter end of known specimens for the type.