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Æ18 - Antoninus Pius ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 160 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare, bearded head of Heracles facing right, rendered in the Classical Greek tradition with characteristic curly hair and strong facial features. The portrait is set within a plain field, without legend or border, consistent with civic bronze coinage of Smyrna under Antoninus Pius. The modelling of the beard and brow reflects the heroic iconographic type associated with the city's patron deity. |
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| Reverse description | A river-god reclines to the left in the conventional Hellenistic pose, his semi-draped figure leaning upon a water-urn from which a stream flows. In his outstretched hand he holds two stalks of grain, while a cornucopia rests in the crook of his other arm, symbolising the fertile abundance of the region. The ethnic legend ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ appears in the field, identifying the issuing city of Smyrna. The composition is typical of provincial bronze coinage struck under Roman Imperial oversight during the Antonine period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ |
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