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Æ22 - Vespasian ΕΠΙ ΒΩΛΑΝΟΥ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΕΡΜΟϹ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 73-79 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Confronted laureate busts of Titus (left) and Domitian (right), facing one another across the field in the characteristic vis-à-vis arrangement favoured by eastern provincial mints. The busts are rendered in typical Flavian style, with the circular legend encircling the paired effigies. The die work is bold if somewhat provincial in execution, with details of the laurel wreaths and facial features discernible despite the irregular flan. |
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| Reverse description | The river god Hermus personified as a reclining male figure turned to the left, his weight resting on one arm supported by an overturned urn from which water flows, emblematic of the river's source. In his outstretched hand he holds two ears of corn, and a cornucopia rests against his body, symbolising the fertility of the Hermus valley. The magistrate's name and ethnic legend encircle the type, identifying this as a civic issue of Smyrna under the strategos Bolanos. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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