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Æ17 - Elagabalus ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Sala (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Weight | 3.12 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted and aegis-clad bust of Athena facing right, depicted in the local Lydian provincial style. The goddess wears her characteristic aegis across the chest, rendered in low relief typical of small provincial bronzes. The obverse legend ΕΠ ΛΟΥΚΙΟΥ appears in the field, referencing the magistrate Lucius under whose authority the coin was struck. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΠ ΛΟΥΚΙΟΥ (Translation: under Lucius) |
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Sala was a minor Lydian city in the conventus of Sardis whose civic coinage under Elagabalus represents one of the thinner runs in the regional series — issues are scarce, and the city drops from the provincial record almost entirely after the Severan period. The reign itself lasted only four years before the emperor's murder by the Praetorian Guard in March 222.