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Æ19 - Nero ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ, ΕΠ ΤΙ ΚΛ (in field)
| Issuer | Maeonia (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 65 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of the Emperor Nero facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Lydian civic coinage. The portrait displays the characteristic features associated with Neronian portraiture, with closely set laurel wreath and full facial features. The Greek legend ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ is disposed around the bust, reading partially clockwise in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ |
| Reverse description | Standing draped and veiled female deity facing right, identified as a local tutelary goddess or personification, holding a long sceptre in her right hand. The figure is rendered in a static, hieratic pose characteristic of Lydian provincial bronzes. Flanking the central figure in the field are abbreviated magistrate's titles reading ΕΠ ΤΙ ΚΛ, referring to the local eponymous magistrate Tiberius Claudius Menekrates, while the ethnic legend ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ is disposed around the periphery. |
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