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Æ17 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ ΠοΛΙΤο ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ (Ε with dot instead of horizontal stroke)
| Issuer | Miletus (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 139-146 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The cult statue of Apollo Didymeus depicted nude, standing facing, in the canonical frontal hieratic pose associated with the great oracle sanctuary at Didyma near Miletus. The god holds a stag in his extended right hand and a bow in his left, attributes closely linked to the Didymaean cult image. The figure stands in the centre of the coin field, with the encircling magistrate's legend partially legible around the periphery. The reverse type is characteristic of Milesian civic bronze coinage of the Antonine period, celebrating the city's close religious identity with the Didymaion. |
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| Mint | Miletus, Ionia, modern-day Balat, Turkey |
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The unusual epsilon form — rendered with a dot in place of the middle horizontal stroke — has been documented on a small subset of Milesian bronzes from the Antonine period and likely reflects a single engraver's workshop habit rather than any official orthographic decision. Miletus, by this point a shadow of its Hellenistic commercial peak, still maintained enough civic pride to issue autonomous bronzes under the provincial magistrate whose name appears in the legend.