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| Issuer | Tripolis |
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| Year | 138-192 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Lydios standing left in a frontal pose, his head turned slightly, holding an eagle in his right hand and a long sceptre in his left. The figure is depicted in a static, hieratic stance typical of civic bronze coinage from Lydia under the Antonine emperors. The Greek ethnic legend TΡIΠOΛEITΩN is arranged around the field, identifying the issuing city of Tripolis. The overall execution reflects competent but unpretentious provincial die-cutting. |
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| Mintage | ND (138-192) |
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Tripolis on the Maeander — distinct from the better-known Phoenician city — was a Lydian town whose civic bronze issues under the Antonine emperors reflect a period of municipal self-promotion through coinage rather than any pressing economic need. The city shared its river valley with Hierapolis and Laodikeia, and the three towns were closely enough linked that scholars have occasionally disputed attribution of poorly documented bronzes among them. GRPC Lydia 1#8 places this piece firmly within the Tripolitan series, though die-linked specimens remain sparsely documented in major collections.