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Æ17 - Elagabalus ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Front elevation of a distyle temple façade with two columns supporting an entablature and pediment, within which a globe or orb is visible in the tympanum. Enshrined within the temple interior stands Artemis of Ephesus facing, wearing the kalathos (cylindrical crown) upon her head, flanked by a star and crescent in the upper field, and supported by stags or other lateral supports characteristic of the Ephesian cult image. The reverse legend ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ arcs around the design, identifying the issuing civic authority. |
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Ephesus was the administrative seat of the Conventus Ephesius and among the most prolific civic minting authorities in Roman Asia Minor. Under Elagabalus, the city continued issuing bronze at multiple denomination sizes, and this small module likely served everyday transactional needs at the lowest end of the local exchange economy. The reign itself was brief and chaotic — Elagabalus was assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in March 222, aged around 18, and the Senate's subsequent damnatio memoriae makes his provincial bronzes somewhat irregular survivors.