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Æ18 - Elagabalus ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#5107 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Elagabalus facing right, rendered three-quarter from the rear, as was customary in provincial coinage of the early third century AD. The imperial effigy displays the characteristic laurel wreath crown and military paludamentum over cuirass. The encircling legend reads Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, identifying the emperor by his adopted dynastic name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. The die work is typical of the Ionian provincial workshops, with a slightly rough but expressive style. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) |
| Reverse description | Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry, depicted standing facing with head turned to the left, rendered in the provincial Ionian style. The deity holds a long thyrsus — the fennel-staff wreathed with ivy and pine cone symbolic of Dionysiac cult — in one hand, and extends a cantharus, the deep wine cup, over a recumbent panther positioned at lower left. The reverse legend ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, meaning 'of the Magnetes,' identifies the issuing civic authority of Magnesia ad Maeandrum. |
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