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Æ22 - Philip I ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥ
| Issuer | City of Magnesia ad Sipylum (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Turreted and draped bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a mural crown, with drapery visible at the shoulder. The legend ΜΑΓΝΗϹΙΑ is disposed around the bust in the field. The portrait is rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of the Conventus of Smyrna under the reign of Philip I, with coarse but expressive workmanship. |
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| Reverse description | Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, depicted standing left in long robes between two lions who flank her symmetrically. She extends a patera in her right hand and holds a tympanum in her left, attributes emblematic of her cult. The encircling legend in Greek identifies the issuing civic authority, and the composition reflects the deep local veneration of Cybele at Magnesia ad Sipylum. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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