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Æ18 - Commodus ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Aezani (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 184-192 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Commodus facing right, with characteristic long beard of his later reign. The portrait displays the emperor's curly hair bound by a laurel wreath, rendered in the provincial style typical of Phrygian mint workshops. The legend ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Augustus Caesar Commodus) runs around the periphery. The die work, while showing the rougher execution of a provincial issue, captures the distinctive physiognomy associated with Commodus's imperial portraiture of the 180s AD. |
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| Reverse description | The cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus (the so-called Artemis Hagiotate) depicted standing, facing, in the rigid hieratic frontal pose typical of this well-known Anatolian cult image. The goddess wears a kalathos (cylindrical headdress) and the distinctive multi-tiered garment adorned with rows of pendants or ova on the chest. Supporting lateral braces or stanchions flank her lowered arms. A crescent appears to the left of the figure and a star to the right, symbols associated with the lunar and astral aspects of the deity. The ethnic legend ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ (of the Aezanitans) is inscribed around the reverse field. |
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| Mintage | ND (184-192) |
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