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Æ20 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Antioch ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Weight | 5.86 g |
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| Reverse description | Cult statue of Artemis Ephesia (Ephesian Artemis) depicted standing facing, clad in a tight sheath garment with multiple rows of supernumerary breasts or egg-shaped ornaments on the torso, and wearing a kalathos (cylindrical headdress) upon her head. The goddess stands with arms extended outward and supported by lateral props or staves, flanked on each side by a stag. The reverse legend ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ is inscribed around the type, identifying the issuing city of Antiocheia ad Maeandrum. This reverse type is characteristic of civic bronzes from Carian cities expressing religious and cultural ties to the renowned sanctuary at Ephesus. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ |
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Antioch ad Maeandrum was a small Carian city whose civic coinage under Marcus Aurelius reflects the administrative reorganization of the conventus system — Alabanda served as the assize center for the region, and smaller cities like Antioch gained renewed minting authority partly as a function of that judicial calendar. The city's output under Marcus Aurelius is sparse, and this denomination in particular survives in very limited numbers across major collections.