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Æ18
| Issuer | Temnos |
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| Year | 253-268 |
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| Weight | 2.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Turreted and draped bust of the City Goddess (Tyche) facing right, wearing a mural crown, with drapery visible at the shoulder. The Greek legend TH MNOC is distributed in the field around the effigy. The portrait is rendered in a provincial style characteristic of Æolian civic coinage of the mid-third century AD. |
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| Obverse lettering | TH MNOC |
| Reverse description | Tyche standing facing left in long chiton and himation, holding a rudder downward in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm. The Greek civic legend ΤHΜ ΝΕΙΤΩΝ is arranged around the figure in the field. The composition follows the standard iconographic formula for Tyche on provincial bronze coinage of Aeolis. |
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