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Æ23 - Antoninus Pius ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΠΑΙΔΕϹ
| Issuer | Epidaurus (Achaea) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Weight | 8.24 g |
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| Mint | Epidaurus |
| Mintage | ND (138-161) |
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Epidaurus was the single most important cult center for Asclepius in the ancient world — the sanctuary there drew pilgrims seeking miraculous cures from across the Mediterranean, and the city's coins almost invariably reference that identity. The legend ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΠΑΙΔΕϹ, "children of Asclepius," is the civic formula Epidaurus used under the Antonines to identify itself on bronze coinage, asserting a divine genealogical claim rather than a merely geographic one.
Under Antoninus Pius, provincial bronze production across Achaea was largely driven by local religious and festival economics, not imperial mandate.