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Æ19 - Augustus ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΜΟΥΣΑΙΟΣ
| Issuer | Sardes (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Two standing male figures, representing the personified Demoi (peoples) of Sardis and Pergamum, facing one another and clasping right hands (dextrarum iunctio) in a gesture of alliance and concordia. Each figure holds a sceptre in the outer hand, symbolising civic authority. The scene is rendered in the provincial Greek style, with the two figures shown frontally at near equal height. The encircling Greek legend names the issuing cities and the magistrate responsible for the issue. |
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This bronze was struck under the joint civic authority of Sardis and Pergamon — an unusual pairing that reflects the competitive world of Greek city honorifics under Augustus, where cities jockeyed for prestige through shared coinage arrangements and the cultivation of imperial cult associations. The magistrate name Mousaios appears in the nominative, identifying the issuing official, a naming convention that allows some prosopographical tracking across the Sardis series. Pergamon's inclusion here likely reflects its role as the primary seat of the imperial cult in Asia, lending institutional weight to issues produced alongside it.