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Æ20 - Caracalla ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Alinda (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Nike, goddess of victory, advancing briskly to the left, rendered in flowing drapery. She extends her right hand forward proffering a wreath, while her left arm carries a tall palm branch, both attributes emblematic of triumph and glory. The ethnic legend of the issuing city is distributed in the field around the figure, affirming the civic pride of Alinda. |
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Alinda was a Carian hill town whose civic coinage output was modest even by provincial standards — most of its bronze issues are known from only a handful of specimens, and attribution to the Alabanda conventus (one of the judicial districts Rome used to administer Asia Minor) reflects administrative geography rather than any monetary relationship between the two cities. The reign of Caracalla saw a surge in provincial bronze production across Asia, partly driven by chronic shortages of official Roman small change in the eastern provinces.