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Æ17 - Trajan ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β
| Issuer | Antioch on the Orontes (Syria) |
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| Year | 98-99 |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Reverse description | A winged caduceus depicted upright in the center of the field, with two intertwined serpents rising along the staff and a pair of spread wings at its base, rendered in crisp relief. The caduceus, a symbol of Mercury and of imperial peace and commerce, dominates the reverse design. The Greek legend ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β is disposed around the central device, referencing Trajan's tribunician power and his second consulship, providing a precise chronological anchor for the issue. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This small civic bronze belongs to the opening months of Trajan's reign, struck at Antioch during the city's tenure as capital of the Roman province of Syria. The legend abbreviation ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β dates the issue precisely to his second consulship — a narrow window within his first tribunician year, 98–99 AD. Antioch operated with considerable municipal autonomy in its bronze coinage, and these early Trajanic issues predate the fuller imperial portrait programs that would follow his Dacian campaigns.