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Æ21 - Antoninus Pius ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟϹ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 139-146 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful draped bust of Dionysus facing right, adorned with an ivy wreath, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition characteristic of Phrygian civic coinage. The portrait exhibits soft, idealized features befitting the god's youthful iconography. The legend ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ runs in the field, identifying the issuing city of Laodicea ad Lycum. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Veiled Demeter standing left in full figure, her drapery rendered in flowing folds consistent with provincial Greek artistic convention. She holds two ears of corn in her right hand and a long sceptre in her left, emblems of her dominion over grain and fertility. The magistrate's name legend ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟϹ is inscribed in the field, identifying the local civic official responsible for the coin's issue. |
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