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| Issuer | Acrasus (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 177-179 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Youthful cuirassed and paludamentum-draped bust of Commodus as Caesar, laureate, facing right, seen from the front. The portrait reflects the characteristic youthful features of Commodus during his co-reign with Marcus Aurelius. The obverse legend encircles the bust in Greek characters. |
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| Reverse description | Heracles (Herakles) standing facing, head turned to the right, in the nude with a full beard, holding a club in one hand and a bow and Nemean lion skin in the other. The figure is rendered in the classical Hellenistic tradition common to provincial bronze coinage of Lydia. The ethnic legend of the issuing city encircles the type in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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