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Æ19 - Vespasian ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΝΕΜΕΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ, ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Aegae (Aeolis, Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 69-79 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Vespasian facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Aeolian civic coinage. The portrait displays characteristic features of Vespasian's imperial iconography, with a wreath of laurel leaves encircling the head. The Greek legend encircles the portrait in the field. The die work is competent, reflecting the output of a small provincial mint operating under the authority of a local magistrate. |
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| Mintage | ND (69-79) |
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Aegae was among the lesser cities of Aeolis — small enough that its civic coinage depended heavily on the prestige of local magistrates to assert any authority. The magistrate named here, Apollonios, carries the title Nemeonikes, meaning victor at the Nemean Games. That distinction wasn't decorative; cities actively recruited celebrated athletes into civic office, and a Panhellenic crown-game victory conferred exactly the kind of Roman-adjacent cultural legitimacy that a minor provincial mint needed to justify striking bronze at all.