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Æ22 - Trajan Decius ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Antioch ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 249-251 |
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| Weight | 4.85 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Trajan Decius facing right, depicted from behind, with paludamentum visible over the cuirass. The imperial effigy is rendered in the typical provincial style of the mid-third century. The Greek legend surrounds the bust along the periphery of the flan, partially worn but legible. The coin presents a patina consistent with long burial, with the portrait retaining sufficient detail to identify the subject. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙϹ (sic) (Translation: Emperor Caesar Traianus Decius) |
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Antioch ad Maeandrum was a small Carian city whose civic coinage under Trajan Decius reflects the brief window — just two years — during which local mints scrambled to align themselves with a new emperor who had unseated Philip the Arab at the Battle of Verona in 249. The city's output under this reign is sparse, and IX#773 is among the less frequently encountered civic bronzes from the Alabanda conventus.