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Æ17 - Gordian III ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The infant Dionysus is depicted seated to the right atop a cista mystica, the sacred wicker basket associated with Dionysiac mystery cult. The figure raises one arm in a gesture characteristic of the divine child, rendered in the compact provincial style typical of Magnesian civic bronzes. The ethnic legend ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ arcs around the field, identifying the issuing city. The cista mystica, a potent religious symbol of Dionysus widely venerated at Magnesia ad Maeandrum, underscores the city's strong cultic ties to the god. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ (Translation: of the Magnetes) |
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