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Æ20 - Hadrian ΤΗΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Teos (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Sabina facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Ionian civic coinage under Hadrian. The portrait shows the empress with elaborately coiffed hair and drapery visible at the truncation. The encircling Greek legend names her as Augusta, framing the effigy around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Draped and turreted bust of the city goddess (Tyche) of Teos facing right, wearing a mural crown, symbolising the personification of the city as was customary on civic bronze coinage of Asia Minor. The figure is rendered in the provincial style, with drapery indicated at the shoulder. The abbreviated ethnic legend ΤΗΙΩΝ, meaning 'of the Teians', appears in the field, identifying the issuing city. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΤΗΙΩΝ (Translation: of the Teians) |
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