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| Issuer | Apollonia ad Rhyndacum (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 50-51 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian facing right, with paludamentum draped over the left shoulder, depicted in three-quarter frontal view. The emperor's effigy is rendered in the typical provincial style of the Hadrianic period. The encircling legend is inscribed in Greek characters within the field surrounding the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Trajan Hadrian) |
| Reverse description | The river god Rhyndakos depicted reclining to the left, his body semi-recumbent in the classical manner of personified waterways. He holds an indeterminate object in his raised right hand, while his left arm rests upon an overturned vase or urn from which water flows, the conventional attribute symbolising the source of a river. The encircling ethnic legend identifies the issuing city. The composition follows standard Hellenistic iconographic conventions for river deity representations. |
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