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Æ19 - Gordian III ΙΛΙΕΩΝ

Issuer Ilium (Conventus of Adramyteum)
Year 238-244
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Diameter 19 mm
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Obverse script Greek
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Reverse description The Capitoline she-wolf standing left, her head turned back to the right, suckling the twin infants Romulus and Remus beneath her. The scene, evoking Rome's mythological founding legend, is rendered in a compact provincial style with the twins visible below the wolf's body. The ethnic legend ΙΛΙΕΩΝ arcs across the upper field, identifying the issuing city of Ilium, which claimed descent from Troy and maintained strong symbolic ties to Rome. The reverse design underscores Ilium's special relationship with Rome through the shared Trojan ancestry myth.
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