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Æ20 - Marcus Aurelius ΖΑΚΥΝΘΙωΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)
| Issuer | Island of Zacynthus (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius facing right, with finely rendered curled hair and beard characteristic of his portraiture. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial Greek style, with paludamentum visible at the shoulder truncation. The encircling Greek legend reads ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝ ΑΥ, distributed around the portrait in the field. The die work, typical of provincial Achaean coinage, shows a competent but somewhat informal execution compared to metropolitan Roman issues. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Zacynthus struck bronze coinage sporadically under Roman imperial rule, issuing in the name of reigning emperors while retaining its own civic ethnic in the legend. The variant Zeta rendered in a rotated or ligature form — resembling the Japanese katakana エ — is a known epigraphic peculiarity on certain Achaean provincial issues, likely reflecting a local engraver's habit rather than any official orthographic decision. It is not simply a die flaw.