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Æ19 - Nero ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΣΤΡΑ ΤΟ Β
| Issuer | Sardes (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 60 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Claudia Octavia facing right, her hair arranged in an elaborate coiffure adorned with a wreath incorporating ears of corn, a detail emphasising her divine or honorific status. The portrait is rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of the Sardian mint under Nero. The surrounding field is plain, with the Greek legend disposed around the bust. The coin honours Octavia as a goddess (ΘΕΑΝ), reflecting the political context of the Neronian court prior to her repudiation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΘΕΑΝ ΟΚΤΑΒΙΑΝ |
| Reverse description | A veiled female figure, likely a personification of Hera or a local tutelary deity, stands facing right in long robes, holding a long sceptre vertically in her outer hand. The figure is rendered in a hieratic, frontal-leaning stance typical of provincial Lydian bronze coinage of the mid-first century AD. The Greek legend of the magistrate Mindios Straton, strategos for the second time, is distributed around the field in two lines, identifying the civic authority responsible for the issue. The overall composition is austere and formally structured. |
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