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Æ22 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 178-180 |
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| Weight | 7.52 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus depicted standing in full figure, facing left, in a relaxed contrapposto stance characteristic of Hellenistic divine iconography. In his extended right hand he holds a cantharus, tilted downward over a panther crouching at his feet to the lower left; in his left hand he carries a long thyrsus, the staff entwined with ivy and topped with a pine cone, resting against his shoulder. The god is lightly draped, with garments falling over the lower body. The encircling legend ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ runs around the field, identifying the issuing city of Aphrodisias. |
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Aphrodisias occupied a privileged position in Roman Asia Minor — the city held a unique grant of eleutheria and ateleia (freedom and tax exemption) confirmed repeatedly by successive emperors, and its close institutional relationship with Rome made it unusually eager to issue civic coinage honoring the imperial house. This piece falls in the final years of Marcus Aurelius's sole reign, after the death of Lucius Verus in 169 and before Marcus's own death in March 180.
The Conventus of Alabanda was one of the administrative judicial circuits through which Roman governors managed the province of Asia, and Aphrodisias's placement within it reflects the city's regional standing rather than simple geography.