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Æ21 - Augustus ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Tralles (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 2 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Gaius Caesar facing right, rendered in a youthful portrait style typical of Augustan-era provincial coinage. The legend ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ is disposed in the field around the portrait, with characters visible to either side of the effigy. The die work reflects the local engraving tradition of the Lydian mint at Tralles, with a compact flan and somewhat rough surfaces characteristic of civic bronze issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A Capricorn, the personal emblem of Augustus, depicted moving to the right with a cornucopia balanced across its back, an iconographic type closely associated with Augustan dynastic propaganda. The creature is shown with the forequarters of a goat and the tail of a fish, rendered in the abbreviated but recognizable style common to small provincial bronzes. The ethnic legend ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing civic community of Tralles. The overall composition is contained within the broad, slightly irregular flan typical of Lydian civic bronzes of the late first century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (-2) |
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