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Æ18 - Augustus
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Reverse description | A togatus figure, likely a priest or colonial magistrate, stands to the left guiding a yoke of oxen walking to the right, evoking the ritual of ploughing the sacred boundary (sulcus primigenius) of a Roman colony. The ox team is rendered in profile with considerable relief and naturalistic detail, emphasising the colonial foundation symbolism central to Alexandria Troas. A ground line runs beneath the figures, anchoring the composition. The scene is a well-known type associated with Roman colonial foundation imagery in the Augustan period, celebrating the formal establishment of the colony. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (27 BC - 14 AD) |
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