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Æ17 - Domitian ΘΕΑ ΡΩΜΗ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΕΦΑΛΙΩΝΟϹ
| Issuer | City of Pergamum (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the deified Senate (ΘΕΟΝ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ) facing right, rendered in the personified manner typical of Greek civic bronzes of the imperial period. A dotted border encircles the field. A wreath appears in front of the bust, serving as an honorific emblem appropriate to the divine personification. The drapery is rendered with fine detail across the shoulder. The overall style reflects the competent local die-cutting tradition of Pergamum during the Flavian era. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Pergamum held a unique position in the imperial cult network — it was the first city in Asia Minor to receive permission to establish a temple to a living Roman emperor, granted to Augustus in 29 BC. By Domitian's reign, the city was competing aggressively with Ephesus and Smyrna for primacy within the Pergamene conventus, and local magistrate coinages like this one, naming the strategos Kephalion, were partly exercises in civic self-promotion. The strategos' name on the die anchors the issue to a specific annual magistracy, making it a rare administrative timestamp.