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Æ20 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙοΥ (ΜΑΙοΝΩΝ)
| Issuer | Maeonia (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 139-146 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of Heracles facing left, rendered in the local provincial style with thick curling locks framing the face. The hero's characteristic leonine features are boldly portrayed in high relief against a darkened bronze field. The ethnic legend ΜΑΙοΝΩΝ is disposed around the bust within a beaded border. The die work reflects the standard of Lydian civic coinage under the Antonine emperors. |
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| Reverse description | Omphale, nude, striding vigorously to the right, wearing the Nemean lion skin draped over her head and shoulders and carrying the club of Heracles over her right shoulder. The figure is rendered in animated profile, with the lion skin's forelegs visible across her chest. The magistrate's legend ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙοΥ curves around the upper field, with ΜΑΙοΝΩΝ in the lower field, all within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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