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Æ19 - Marcus Aurelius ϹΥΡΙωИ (facing outward)
| Issuer | Syros (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Confronted bare-headed busts of Lucius Verus (left) and Marcus Aurelius (right), each draped in the paludamentum (military cloak), facing one another across the coin field. The imperial portrait style reflects mid-Antonine Roman provincial die-cutting, with both emperors rendered in profile facing inward. The surrounding Greek legend names both co-emperors. The flan is irregularly struck, consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Isis facing right, wearing the distinctive stepped lotus headdress atop her elaborately coiffed hair, with a beaded necklace visible at the shoulder. The goddess is rendered in the Hellenistic-Egyptian tradition common to provincial coinage of the Aegean islands. The ethnic legend of the Syriotes appears in the field, written in retrograde or outward-facing Greek characters. The reverse type reflects the prominent cult of Isis on Syros during the Imperial period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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