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Æ18 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ΤΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Saitta (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 161-165 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Nude Apollo standing facing, head turned to the left, with legs crossed in a relaxed contrapposto stance. The god holds a laurel branch in one hand and rests his opposite arm upon a tall column, over which a length of drapery is draped. The reverse legend ΕΠΙ ΤΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ, referencing the local magistrate Titianos and the civic authority of Saitta, runs around the field. |
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Saitta was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Marcus Aurelius corresponds almost precisely with the opening years of his reign and the devastating Antonine Plague, which struck the eastern provinces hard beginning around 165 AD. The magistrate name Titianos recorded in the obverse legend helps anchor this issue within a narrow administrative window — local strategos names are among the few tools available for sequencing otherwise undatable Saittene bronzes.