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Æ19 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 178-180 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the youthful Dionysus facing left, crowned with an ivy wreath; a thyrsus — the characteristic staff of the god — stands upright in the left field. The portrait is rendered in the Antonine provincial style, with soft, idealized facial features appropriate to the deity's youthful iconography. No legend appears on this side, the entire field being devoted to the divine effigy and its Dionysiac attribute. |
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| Mintage | ND (178-180) |
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Aphrodisias held an unusually privileged relationship with Rome — the city had been granted freedom and immunity from taxation by Augustus, a status repeatedly confirmed by successive emperors. Coins struck under Marcus Aurelius here carry that civic confidence. The city's exceptional autonomy meant its magistrates exercised genuine control over local bronze coinage, including this issue from the final two years of Marcus Aurelius's reign, when he was campaigning on the Danube frontier and co-ruling with his son Commodus.