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Æ22 - Domitian ΕΠΙ ΚΛΕΙΝΙΟΥ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ, ΜΥΡ (ΝΑ)
| Issuer | Myrina (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC II#964 |
| Obverse description | Confronted busts: laureate head of Domitian facing right, juxtaposed with the draped bust of Domitia facing left, the two portraits set face-to-face within the field. The imperial couple are rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of the Conventus of Smyrna. A Greek dedicatory legend encircles the busts along the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Myrina, a coastal Aeolian city absorbed into Rome's provincia Asia, struck civic bronzes under named magistrates well into the imperial period — the archon Kleinias named in this issue's legend was a local official whose appointment reflected the managed autonomy Rome extended to compliant Greek cities. The conventus of Smyrna administered judicial and administrative oversight for the region, meaning Myrina's coinage operated within a framework where Roman tolerance of local Greek identity was largely performative.