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Æ19 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙΤ (Υ)ΧΑΝΟ ΓΡ ΜΑΓ
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 144-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Ionian civic coinage of the mid-2nd century AD. The portrait displays characteristic features of the emperor with layered laurel wreath and short beard. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy in the field. The flan is slightly irregular, as is common for hammered provincial bronzes of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Magnesia ad Maeandrum sat in the Maeander valley with a civic identity built partly on its claim to have supplied Athens with grain during earlier crises — a history the city's elite were not shy about invoking when negotiating with Roman governors. The magistrate name in the obverse legend, likely to be read as Epitynchanos, is otherwise obscure; local grammateus offices rotated frequently enough that many incumbents left no trace outside their coin issues.