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Æ17 - Antoninus Pius ΦΩΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Phocaea (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Apollo facing right, hair loosely arranged and bound with a laurel wreath or fillet; a laurel branch appears in the right field, serving as a divine attribute emblematic of the deity. The portrait is rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Ionian civic coinage under the Antonine period, with soft modeling of facial features visible despite moderate wear. |
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| Reverse description | Turreted Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, depicted standing left in long draped garment, holding a patera in her extended right hand and a tympanum (ritual drum) in her left hand; she is flanked on either side by a lion seated and facing inward, the pair serving as her canonical divine companions. The ethnic legend ΦΩΚΑΙΕΩΝ ('of the Phocaeans') is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing civic authority. The composition is typical of Phrygian-Ionian religious iconography on provincial bronze coinage. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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