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Æ22 - Antoninus Pius ΔΙΟϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Dios Hieron (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare, bearded head of the Demos (possibly Zeus) facing right, rendered in a bold provincial style with short wavy hair and a full beard. The portrait occupies the central field of the flan with the partial obverse legend ΕΠΙ ΚΕΡΡΕΙΝΙΟΥ visible around the periphery, referencing the presiding magistrate. The strike is somewhat flat, consistent with the irregular hammered fabric typical of Lydian civic bronzes of the Antonine period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dios Hieron was a minor civic mint in the Lydian region operating under the conventus of Ephesus, and its output under Antoninus Pius was modest — the city struck opportunistically during his reign rather than maintaining consistent production. The relative infrequency of issues from this mint makes even unremarkable specimens genuinely scarce in the market.