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| Issuer | Magnetes (Achaea) |
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| Year | 177-192 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Commodus (here styled as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) facing right, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Thessalian civic coinage of the Antonine period. A partially preserved legend surrounds the bust in the field, the inscription much worn and only partially legible. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Akraios standing nude to the left, his weight resting on his right leg, holding a long vertical sceptre in his left hand and a thunderbolt in his outstretched right hand. The figure is rendered in a classicising style consistent with provincial Thessalian bronzes of the imperial period. The ethnic legend of the Magnetes is inscribed around the figure in Greek characters, identifying the civic deity worshipped on Mount Pelion. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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