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Æ17 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ ϹΤ (Α) ΜΗΤΡο[?
| Issuer | Myrina (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A lyre depicted centrally in the field, rendered in typical provincial bronze die-cutting style. A palm branch appears below the lyre. The partially legible magistrate legend is distributed around the periphery, referencing the strategos whose name begins with Metro-. The overall composition is simple and emblematic, reflecting Apollo's association with music and the arts. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Myrina, a coastal Aeolian city with a history of intermittent autonomy under successive imperial administrations, issued bronze civic coinage during the Antonine period under the supervision of a local magistrate — the ΕΠΙ ϹΤ formula indicating a strategos or similar civic official whose name survives only in truncated form on this specimen. The conventus system organized Asia Minor's Greek cities into judicial districts centered on major hubs; Myrina fell under Smyrna's jurisdiction, though it retained the right to strike its own bronze for local exchange.