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Æ20 - Trajan ΓΡΙΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Grimenothyrae (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Athena standing left in full figure, her right hand resting on a long spear held upright at her side, her left hand resting upon a large round shield set on the ground beside her. The goddess is depicted in a classical pose, draped in a peplos or chiton. The ethnic legend of the issuing city encircles the design in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Grimenothyrae was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Trajan represents one of the smaller voices in the dense network of Greek imperial bronzes produced under the Conventus of Sardis. The city is poorly attested in ancient sources, and its coin output was modest — which is precisely why individual specimens carry documentary weight beyond their face value. RPC III#2485 is known from very few examples.