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| Issuer | Erythrae (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (98-117) |
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Erythrae was a modest Ionian city by the imperial period, but its civic coinage under Trajan reflects the administrative reach of the Smyrna conventus — the assize district through which Roman judicial and financial authority was channeled across the region. The magistrate name rendered as ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ identifies the issuing official, a local Greek whose family likely held civic office across multiple generations, as was customary in Ionian municipal life. The ΕΡΥ ethnic abbreviation places this squarely within a small, coherent municipal series. Bronze issues at this weight from Erythrae are infrequently encountered.