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Æ22 - Hadrian ΕΠΙ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΑΝΔΡΟ ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Sala (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Antinous, the deified favourite of Hadrian, depicted in the guise of Dionysus, standing cross-legged to the right with the upper body nude and a himation draped over the lower limbs. He extends his right hand holding a bunch of grapes and his left hand grasps a cantharus, while leaning against a column. The composition reflects the common assimilation of Antinous with Dionysus on provincial coinage of Asia Minor, celebrating the imperial cult figure within a Bacchic iconographic framework. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sala was a small Lydian city in the Hermus valley whose civic coinage under Hadrian reflects the broader explosion of Greek imperial bronze production that accompanied his philhellenic policies — he actively encouraged eastern cities to assert local identity through coinage. The magistrate name preserved in the obverse legend, Gaius Valerius Andros, anchors this piece to a specific administrative moment in Sala's otherwise sparsely documented civic history.
The reference III#2447A suggests a catalogued rarity within the Sala series; the city's output was modest compared to neighbors like Sardis or Smyrna.